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Wimbledon Tennis Club grounds evacuated after fire alarm Centre Court at Wimbledon evacuated after small fire
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Wimbledon's Tennis Club grounds have been evacuated following a fire alarm. An evacuation of Centre Court at Wimbledon had to be carried out because of a small fire, organisers have said.
Security staff conducted a swift evacuation, initially of Centre Court, then the whole grounds, after the close of play on Wednesday evening. The fire, discovered in an electrical plant room shortly before 21:00 BST to the side of the Wingfield Restaurant, happened an hour after close of play.
Fire engines attended the scene but there was no obvious indication of a fire. Security staff urgently moved remaining spectators out of Centre Court and away from the grounds.
A Wimbledon spokesman said: "The cause of the evacuation was not immediately clear, amid suggestions it may have been caused by an electrical fault." A Wimbledon spokesman said it was thought an electrical fault may have caused the fire.
Centre Court was evacuated initially, with an announcement ordering anyone remaining inside the building to leave immediately. London Fire Brigade said about 25% of the plant room was alight and Wimbledon security staff were allowed to leave at 22:30 BST when it became apparent the problem had been contained.
London Fire Brigade tweeted that 3,000 people had been evacuated from the stadium as a precaution.
The evacuation announcement briefly interrupted a Serena Williams press conference in the Millennium Building media centre, next to Centre Court.
A further announcement followed, requesting anyone on the tea lawn between gates four and five to evacuate.A further announcement followed, requesting anyone on the tea lawn between gates four and five to evacuate.
Minutes later, everyone within the All England Club grounds was ordered to leave.Minutes later, everyone within the All England Club grounds was ordered to leave.
An earlier incident on Court One was a drill, tournament officials said. There had been an earlier incident on Court One but it was a drill, tournament officials said.
Staff, including ball boys and ball girls, waited outside the gates as for further details of the more recent alarm.
Media were allowed to stay in the grounds, in the confines of the press centre, adjacent to Centre Court.