SHOPPERS had to be evacuated from a food store after a refrigeration unit started leaking.

Firefighters from Slough and Windsor stations were called to Marks & Spencer Simply Food in Bath Road, Slough at around 11am this morning.

A leak was coming from the unit, and firefighters used two breathing apparatus to establish where the leak was coming from before the engineer arrived.

The leak was coming from the plant area upstairs in the store after a metal pipe had burst.