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Shoppers Evacuate Springfield Mall Due To Kitchen Fire

SPRINGFIELD, PA (CBS) -- A fire at the Springfield Mall in Delaware County prompts an evacuation on one of the busiest holiday shopping days of the year.

It happened just before 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Sbarro kitchen inside of the Springfield Mall along 1200 Baltimore Pike.

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The Springfield Police say, heavy black smoke from grease was seen coming from the pizzeria's kitchen, and as a precaution the mall would be evacuated.

Officials say this was no considered a serious incident and no injuries were reports.

The evacuation was less than an hour, and then people were let back in to continue with their last minute Christmas shopping.

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