Power outage forces temporary closure of Sainsbury’s store in Worthing amid customer evacuation
A Sainsbury’s store in Worthing was evacuated, with customers reporting a fire alarm sounding and the lights and tills going off.
The incident at the Sainsbury’s Lyons Farm store happened shortly before midday, on Saturday (September 5).
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson told Sussex World, at 2.40pm: ‘Our Lyons Farm store is temporarily closed due to a power outage this morning.
"We’re working hard to reopen as soon as possible and we’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.”
People have been reporting the incident on social media.
One customer posted on Facebook at 11.35am: “Sainsburys at Lyon's Farm just evacuated. No lights, tills and fire alarm going off. Don't waste your time going there for now.”
Another post at 12.10pm said: “If anyone is going to Sainsbury’s lions farm. It’s shut. They have had a fire.”
At 1.15pm, a further update said the store would remain closed for the rest of the day, including Argos.
West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service has confirmed that its crews did not attend the incident.