IKEA statement - store evacuated due to ''safety concern''
The Swedish flat-packed furniture chain has provided a statement following the evacuation of its Wednesbury store on Tuesday (March 11) afternoon.
It has said the store was cleared of customers and staff at 2.15pm due to a 'safety concern'.
It was not willing to elaborate on what the concern was or the nature of it.
An IKEA spokesman said: "The safety of our customers and co-workers is always the highest priority for IKEA.
"We can confirm that all customers and co-workers exited our Birmingham store at 14:15 today to allow us to investigate a safety concern.
"The store reopened at 15:15. We apologise for the inconvenience caused."