High street store in Northampton closed due to 'flooding'

Northampton's Debenhams will be closed today so a flooded restaurant area can be drained.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue service attended The Drapery store this morning.

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High street store in Northampton is closed due to flooding

An employee of the Drapery store, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: "We've got electricians on site, we are now waiting for the water extraction team to drain the water out.

"It's flooded our general office where our servers are.

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Debenhams in the Drapery

"When the team came to unlock they realised there was a problem. The fire service was here this morning. It started around 2 am.

"Unfortunately we'll have to let down a lot of customers today."

A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue said: "We were called at 6:09 am. Some flooding caused a malfunction on a saline solution machine."

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