A COFFEE shop had to be broken into by firefighters after its fire alarm sounded.

Firefighters were called to the Barista Coffee Bar, in The Rock shopping centre, at about 11.50pm on Thursday.

A pile of tea towels had been left on an oven, and then moved to another area by staff.

Because the towels had been placed on the oven earlier, they had heated up and were smouldering, causing smoke to be given off.

A crew from Bury fire station had to break open large glass doors to deal with the incident.