DANCING came to an abrupt end at Petersfield's nightclub when more than 400 people had to be evacuated from Vertigo in the early hours of Saturday, after a smoke alert.

With smoke billowing on to the dance floor from a heating element threatening to fill the nightclub, staff sprang into action and got everybody out of the building in Swan Street in less than three-and-a-half minutes.

A full version of this story will be found in the Petersfield Herald of Augugst 4, 2000.