Wetherspoons pub evacuated after being struck by lightning

Customers astatine a Wetherspoons had to beryllium evacuated aft the pub was deed by lightning during past night’s storms.

The Avion, successful Aldridge successful the West Midlands was struck astir 7pm, mounting disconnected the pub alarms.

The occurrence brigade was called soon aft and each customers asked to permission the building.

West Midlands Fire Service confirmed 2 occurrence engines and astir 15 firefighters attended the scene.

A spokesperson said the premises were checked implicit with a thermal imaging camera, reports Birmingham Live.

Meanwhile, Aldridge Police, who besides attended, wrote connected X: ‘Aldridge went disconnected with a bang this evening erstwhile lightening struck the Avion. Emergency services were called and pleased to corroborate each customers evacuated, harmless and well.’

Much of the UK was deed with dense rainfall past nighttime and this morning, with the Met bureau issuing a Yellow upwind informing for ample parts of England and Wales and a much terrible Amber informing for parts of cardinal and bluish England.

The Environment Agency, meanwhile, issued flood warnings for ample parts of England, including an orangish ‘medium’ hazard covering overmuch of the cardinal portion relating to some stream and aboveground h2o flooding.

The terrible upwind has caused assorted question disruptions with respective trains cancelled oregon delayed, and immoderate roads closed.

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