Hundreds of customers evacuated from IKEA Dublin last night

Hundreds of customers in IKEA's flagship Ballymun store were forced to evacuate last night because of a "technical fault."

Shoppers were advised to drop whatever they were planning to purchase and make for the exits in order to evacuate for what would later turn out to be a false alarm. While the event caused some consternation on social media, there was never actually any dangers. Customers who stuck around were treated to "thank you chocolates" by staff after they re-entered the store, according to the Irish Examiner. https://twitter.com/kaninox/status/934852368428158976 https://twitter.com/ATodicescu/status/934847896318509056 https://twitter.com/LanceHandsome/status/934847418348265474 https://twitter.com/Sho_bear/status/934847187439284224 And some customers were clearly in good humour about the false alarm. https://twitter.com/pmurphy2112/status/934846391406473217