Emergency services in Preston city centre were dealing with two separate and unrelated incidents at the weekend.

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service and Lancashire Constabulary were both on Fishergate at around 2.45pm on Sunday afternoon (16 March), with members of the public concerned a serious incident was taking place.

Blog Preston understands that the two fire engines in attendance were dealing with a false alarm that rang for around nine minutes.

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Meanwhile officers from Lancashire Constabulary were dealing with a separate incident unrelated to the false alarm.

Officers could be seen speaking with local businesses around Fishergate after the latest shoplifting incident at Boots.

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