Cambridge shoppers evacuated from Tesco store after hearing ‘explosion’

Shoppers were evacuated from Tesco’s supermarket on Newmarket Road in Cambridge after an explosion was heard shortly before 11am today (July 14).

No one is believed to have been hurt in the incident but witnesses reported hearing a bang and seeing smoke in the store.

Everyone was evacuated while the incident was investigated.

The noise is through to have come from a refrigeration unit.

A Tesco spokesperson said: “Our Cambridge Newmarket Road store is open as normal after a short closure this morning following a leak from the refrigeration system. The store was evacuated as a precaution and engineers are now working to repair the damaged unit.”