Castleford bingo hall evacuated after fire breaks out
Smoke flooded into Ritz Bingo on Albion Street after a stack of cardboard went up in flames at the back of the building at about 6pm last night.
Watch Commander Dave Smith said it was likely caused by a discarded cigarette and it narrowly missed setting fire to a gas pipe.
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Hide AdHe said: "The smoke inside the hall was really thick - it wouldn't have been very pleasant playing bingo in that atmosphere."
It took around an hour for firefighters to deal with the problem.
He warned businesses that stacking rubbish within a short distance of the back of a building posed a fire risk.