FOG BLOG SAINT JOHN NEWS LOG: FIRE EVACUATION AS PRECAUTION AT LANCASTER MALL:

ONE BY ONE STAFF AND CUSTOMERS OF BOTH NO FRILLS AND WALMART CAME PILING OUT AND WAITED OUTSIDE AFTER A FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED AS A PRECAUTION TO A POTENTIAL EMERGENCY! WHEN I ASKED A STAFF MEMBER OF WALMART WHAT WAS HAPPENING, SHE SAID THAT IT WAS A PRECAUTION BUT DIDNT THINK IT WAS A DRILL. THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT 1;30 THIS AFTERNOON! ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER STAFF WAS GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR TO GO BACK IN TO WALMART, CUSTOMERS THOUGH HAD TO LINEUP JUST TO KEEP A CERTAIN FLOW AND MAKE SURE STAFF GOT BACK INTO THE STORE O.K.......IT WAS EVIDENT TO ME WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME PASSING IT WASN'T A DRILL AND FOR PRECAUTION ONLY. WHEN I LEFT THE MALL THE NO FRILLS STAFF AND CUSTOMERS WHERE STILL WAITING OUTSIDE FOR THE ALL CLEAR!......STORY BY MIKE BECKWITH