A bank customer sparked an alert when he spilled a substance on the floor during an argument with staff. The substance, described as a chemical, leaked out of the man's bag at Yorkshire Bank on Abingdon Street, Blackpool, on Saturday morning. Emergency services were alerted after a member of staff became "woozy" while cleaning it up and three people were taken to hospital as a precaution. Police said there was "no malicious intent" in the man's actions. No offence had been committed, they added. The man became irate after being told the coins he was trying to deposit were not bagged properly.

He couldn't find any trace of the substance within the carpet or the tissues used to clean it up

Alan Priestly, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service He then bent down to rummage in his bag and the substance spilled out over the floor. At that point he was asked to leave. Staff alerted the emergency services after a cleaner began to feel ill while trying to clear up the substance. Firefighters attended and cordoned the area off while an analyst was called to identify the chemical. "The county analyst could not find anything to identify what the substance was," said watch commander Alan Priestly of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service. "He couldn't find any trace of the substance within the carpet or the tissues used to clean it up." A spokesman for Lancashire Police said officers spoke to the man and were satisfied it was an accident. Police do not have a record of what the chemical was.



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