REVELLERS had to be evacuated from a hotel amid fears the ceiling beneath its ballroom could have collapsed.

More than 200 people attended a Saturday night dance, at the Knighton Hotel, to mark the climax of the Knighton Carnival.

But the owner ordered an evacuation, at around 1am on Sunday, September 1, after staff noticed the ceiling below the ballroom was bowing.

Proprietor Gianni D'Aniello said the decision was a precautionary measure but will order a structural report.

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