The fire service were called to the Otley road Co-op in Harrogate at 6:26 yesterday evening (27 August 2013), to deal with a suspected gas leak to a refrigerator unit.
Fire crews found a non-flammable and non-toxic refrigerant gas leaking from a chiller unit.
The store was evacuated as the fault was fixed and to then allow checking of chilled food before the store could reopen.
