HUNDREDS of shoppers were evacuated from Tesco’s Greenock store yesterday after the fire alarm went off at 1pm.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said the alarm was caused by faulty equipment and no-one was in any danger.

Everyone returned to the Dalrymple Street store by 1.40pm.

A Tesco spokesman said: “We apologise to all of our customers for any inconvenience.

“An engineer was called immediately to work on the alarm.”