TOWERING INFERNO!

'Blaze' at top of iconic landmark just orange net

- MEG JORSH

FIRE crews were called to Blackpool Tower yesterday after a flood of 999 calls saying it was ablaze - only for the "flames" to turn out to be a bundle of orange netting blowing around.

Witnesses described a scene of "absolute chaos" as six fire engines and a specialist climbing team rushed to save the landmark following the reports.

But having evacuated the area, they found it was just a piece of net that had caused a false alarm.