Updated: '˜Small fire' in college art department
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A ‘very small’ fire had started in one of the kilns in the art department, a college spokesperson told the Observer.
He added: “It was put out quite quickly, but the resulting smoke triggered the alarm.”
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Everyone was allowed back inside the building a short time later.
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