Picture by @Alan_Attack
Firefighters are in training at a property belonging to Bournemouth University.
A crew is currently carrying out an exercise at Lyme Regis House, on Holdenhurst Road.
The alarms were sounded after fake smoke was emitted from the 10th floor and the building evacuated.
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