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Old Bailey closed for emergency repairs after fire alert

Source: PA Wire

The Old Bailey will remain closed on Thursday for emergency repairs after an electrical fire led to the evacuation of 1,500 people.

A loud bang was heard and black acrid smoke billowed from an electrical substation near the rear of the building on Warwick Lane in central on Wednesday morning.

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