Bingo players bring the roof down!

We’ve heard about a good play ‘bringing the roof down’, but this week it was the turn of the bingo players at Pavilion Bingo hall to do this. The incident happened on Thursday evening at the Scottish Borders club at Galashiels, though luckily no-one was hurt when the ceiling suddenly collapsed.

The Fire Brigade was called out and the hall and the neighbouring cinema were evacuated. The building was immediately sealed off by Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service crews, with inspectors from the building control team at the Scottish Borders Council being called in to carry out an investigation into the collapse.

The Scottish Ambulance Service attended but fortunately their services were not required. A spokesman for the rescue service commented: “The information we have is that a large part of false ceiling has come down in the bingo club. No persons were injured and the matter will be investigated by building control.”

This is not the first ceiling collapse to occur at a bingo hall, as many halls were constructed some time ago and use false suspended ceiling tiles. The cause in other cases has been attributed to a slow leak over a period of time, leading to the tiles absorbing water and becoming more and more heavy until eventually the affected section collapses.

Although it is still too early to make any conclusions in this particular case we are just pleased that no-one was hurt, and hope that the Pavilion Bingo hall is soon re-open for business.

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