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Bluewater Shopping Centre Evacuated After Reported EE Store Fire

Police confirm a 3:45 pm callout to a suspected electrical blaze at a business.

Overview

  • Bluewater in Stone, Kent, which was cleared Saturday after reports of an electrical fire, reopened within about an hour with some areas still cordoned.
  • Kent Police said officers were called at 3:45 pm to a fire at a business in the centre and assisted fire crews on scene.
  • Local reports point to the EE phone shop as the source of the incident, though officials have not confirmed the cause.
  • No injuries were reported, according to police statements relayed by local and national outlets.
  • Shoppers described staff telling them to leave and saw firefighters exiting the EE store as emergency vehicles waited outside.