Reply to post: Re: Had the fire brigade called to a five star hotel, in Malta....

Fixing a printer ended with a dozen fire engines in the car park

JimboSmith Silver badge

Re: Had the fire brigade called to a five star hotel, in Malta....

There is an infamous story about Capital Radio back in the days when they were at the Euston Tower. One morning someone on the staff creamated their toast in the canteen at breakfast. The smoke was so bad that it set off the smoke detectors and triggered an alarm. So that meant evacuating the radio company and waiting for the Fire Brigade to arrive. Obviously the fire alarms were connected throughout the building as is standard. So when they had to leave so did the rest of the tower, everyone was evacuated. This included BT who had most of the tower for their use. It also included MI5 who had a communications base on a floor near the top and I doubt were pleased. Red face for some toast loving media employee.

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