Firemen, police and ambulance crews descended on the high street in Marlborough, Wilts, after a mysterious smell was detected coming from the basement of a 300-year-old hotel.
Hotel staff feared there was a chemical leak in the laundry room of the Ivy House Hotel and called the emergency services as guests were eating their breakfast. Fire crews from up to 20 miles away converged on the hotel and an environmental protection unit from Warminster was also called in as police closed off the surrounding streets.
But after an extensive search of the building on Friday the source was found to be ammonia leaking from a small fridge used for storing sandwiches.
Gary Heap, of Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "There was no way the staff could tell exactly what caused this smell or the nature of the chemical. They did exactly the right thing by calling us."
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