In London, more than 1,000 people had to leave a popular West End theatre this afternoon after a fire broke out in the boiler room.
The crowd were watching a matinee performance of Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue.
Members of the cast also had to leave, with London Fire Brigade saying around 1,200 people were evacuated altogether.
25 minutes in to Les Miserables and the music stops abruptly, Queens theatre evacuated, fire engines here pic.twitter.com/qDduBnSa5g
— sophieraworth (@sophieraworth) January 3, 2015
Went to see Les Mis in London. 1/2 hour in, theatre evacuated because of a fire.. pic.twitter.com/BQ57VcDDxP
— Stacky™ (@JordanStack7) January 3, 2015
A few pics of today! Keeping each other warm, thanks @MissSaigonUK for the hospitality â¤ï¸ pic.twitter.com/jsvkRxwBwO
— Les Misérables (@lesmisofficial) January 3, 2015
The neighbouring Gielgud Theatre, where there was matinee of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, also experienced a power cut as a result of the incident.
London Fire Brigade says the auditorium of Queen's Theatre was not affected by the fire:
We attended the #QueensTheatre in Shaftesbury Avenue earlier after a transformer in the building overheated.The auditorium was not affected.
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) January 3, 2015
Fortunately there were no injuries and audience members have been allowed back into the #QueensTheatre. After all, the show must go on!
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) January 3, 2015
