STAFF and shoppers at a department store were evacuated yesterday lunchtime when a faulty sprinkler system triggered a fire alarm.
People flooded out into Skinnergate and High Row, in Darlington, when the alarm sounded at Binns.
But firefighters checked the building and there was no fire. They disabled the faulty system and the shop was allowed to reopen
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