A fire at an Apple store in Glasgow caused the Braehead shopping mall to be evacuated on Tuesday.
The Scottish Sun reports that shoppers were evacuated from the Western end of the Braehead Shopping Centre on Tuesday at around 4:20 pm local time. A further report from the Glasgow Times reveals that four fire engines were rushed to the scene and that the cause of the alarm was a smoking battery at the Centre’s Apple Store:
Fire engines raced to Braehead Shopping Centre earlier today following reports of a fire.
Emergency services were contacted around 4.22pm on Tuesday, February 8 in regards to a blaze at the Apple Store
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) spokesperson confirmed four fire engines rushed to the scene.
Thankfully crews were able to extinguish “a smoking battery” using a sand bucket and be on their way.
Instances of inflated or ruptured batteries are not uncommon at Apple stores and often come across the Genius Bar for repair. Apple store staff on both the Genius Bar and its Operations team are trained in procedures to handle swollen or potentially dangerous batteries to avoid such incidents, for example, some stores use a “battery safe” to contain potentially dangerous or volatile units.
Apple’s Braehead store is one of two stores the company operates in Glasgow and one of four Scotland stores. The Braehead store is open today for its normal working hours despite yesterday’s incident.
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