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Flooding: Shropshire museum closed today for clean up after storms

A museum has been closed today after a flooding incident.

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The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and Enginuity says it will be closed to the public due to flooding.

A short statement on the museum's website stated: "Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and Enginuity will be closed to the public on Friday 27 September due to flooding. Keep up-to-date on our website."

A spokesperson for the museum said: "We are currently in the process of clearing up and assessing any damage.

"We will know more later today about when we will be able to reopen.

"We have just confirmed that the Iron Bridge Tollhouse will also be closed today as the surfaces in front of it are slippery and need to be cleared."

Firefighters from Telford's training crew was scrambled to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum at 6.46pm on Thursday after automatic fire alarms activated.

They reported that the incident was a "false alarm due to ingress of water affecting alarms."

The stop message was received at 7.20pm.