Cinema-goers in Harrogate had to be evacuated mid-movie last night when a fire alarm went off.
The alarm sounded at the Everyman cinema on Station Parade at 9.42pm last night.
All the theatres within the cinema and the connecting buildings were immediately evacuated.
Firefighters from Harrogate were on the scene within five minutes for what turned out to be a false alarm caused by a faulty fire detector.
People were allowed back in the building shortly after 10pm.
Oliver Dawson was among those watching Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes when the alarm went off.
He said as soon as the incident was over, staff offered customers either a free ticket to watch on another day or the option to continue last night’s viewing from the time the alarm went off, which he took.
Mr Dawson said:
“The cinema staff couldn’t have done anything else. They kept us all informed and handled the problem as quick and efficiently as it was safe to do so.
“Personally, it just felt like going to the theatre with an interval.”