Hours after Elton's last concert, a 'candle in the window' causes major Wigan 999 false alarm
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But just a couple of hours after Elton John sang Candle in the Wind for the last time at Glastonbury, it was a case of a candle in the window sparking needless worries.
A spokesman for the Hindley crew, which attended the Leigh address along with colleagues from Leigh and Atherton at 1.30am on Monday June 26, said: “Half the street was out, with people wrapped in duvets and fearing that a neighbour’s house was going up in flames.
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"The calls were well-intentioned though, so no-one was complaining.”
There was no-one in the house in question at the time.