Pictured: A firefighter treated a person at the scene who was understood to have been injured in the crush
This is the moment London's Westfield centre in Stratford was evacuated, causing a mass 'stampede' of panicked shoppers.
Fear erupted after emergency crews raced to the east London shopping centre just after 5.15pm, with terrified customers speculating that a bomb, gun or knife attack had taken place after an alarm sounded.
After fleeing shoppers caused a crush, the Met Police tweeted: 'We are aware of a fire alarm at Westfield, officers are at the scene. 'We believe it's a small fire at this early stage.
'Will confirm with a further tweet asap.'
London's Westfield centre in Stratford has been evacuated causing a mass 'stampede' of panicked shoppers
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