Department store evacuated after FOX falls through the ceiling
CUSTOMERS were evacuated from a department store when a fox fell through the ceiling.
The curious vixen sneaked into the House of Frasier branch through the store room and landed on the shop floor when it crashed through a ceiling panel.
It was later seen walking around the shop on CCTV and set off intruder alarms before the store opened for business on Sunday morning.
Staff failed track down the fox and opened the branch in Swindon, Wiltshire, as normal.
But a short time later the vixen was spotted hiding in a rack of jeans and the store was hurridly evacuated and closed.
We didn't want to release her into the centre of Swindon in the middle of the day
Customers were told it was a “matter of safety” as they were ushered out.
Volunteers from the local Oak and Furrows Wildlife Rescue Centre were called to safely remove the animal.
Rescuer Chrissy Ball said of the fox: “It is here with us now.
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“It is an adult female; she looks very fit, well and healthy, but obviously being in House of Fraser is not where she wants to be.
“We didn't want to release her into the centre of Swindon in the middle of the day.
“It was a call from staff [which alerted them], at the time they said the fox had been seen in their store room. But it then passed into the store itself.
“The fox hid itself away in a rack of jeans in the corner.”