Countdown Fraser Cove evacuated after false alarm
By Megan WilsonMultimedia Journalist·Bay of Plenty Times·
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Save Two fire trucks were sent to the scene. Photo / file
Countdown Fraser Cove was evacuated for ten minutes this afternoon after a "malicious false alarm".
A Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said a "manual callpoint was maliciously activated".
Fire and Emergency Services were alerted at about 2.41pm and were there for about eight or nine minutes.
Two appliances went to
the scene.
Countdown manager Craig James said Countdown and the stores in the immediate frontage were evacuated for about ten minutes.
