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This is the House Rule at the Empire high-rise student accommodation in Whittaker Place, Grafton, when the fire alarm sounds. And evacuate they did, hundreds of them, into the cold morning air early today when a fire on the upper level of one of the twin towers set off the alarms. The small fire was quickly dealt with and residents were soon allowed back inside. One person was taken to hospital during the emergency. The turnout was a Second Alarm: Whittaker Place was taken over by fire appliances, so members closed the no-exit street to all traffic and assisted with crowd control in the cul de sac.

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