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Hospital fire scare turned out to be false alarm caused by construction work

Two fire engines were scrambled to a hospital in Telford on Monday morning.

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Wellington Fire Station. Picture: Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service

But it was soon found to be a false alarm where a smell of burning at the Princess Royal Hospital, in Grainger Drive, Wellington was due to construction work.

Crews were sent from the station at Wellington at 9.33am.

A spokesperson for Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said the smell of burning was a "false alarm caused by construction work".

The incident was declared over at 9.48am.

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