Rude awakening for pensioners as fire crews rush to Telford retirement complex
Pensioners received a rude awakening in the early hours of this morning when a fire engines arrived after an alarm went off.
Firefighters were called to Hanover Court retirement complex in High Street, Madeley, shortly after midnight.
But it was a false alarm, caused by an aerosol being sprayed too close to the smoke detector.
A Shropshire Fire and Rescue spokesman said: "At 12.17am on Wednesday, March 29, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting an incident in Telford.
"This was found to be a false alarm caused by an aerosol can being sprayed close to the detector."
Two fire engines were mobilised from Tweedale station.
