Shoppers had to be evacuated from a Dartford shopping centre after water started pouring from the ceiling.

The flooding at the House of Fraser store in Bluewater shopping centre occurred as there was water in the ceiling of the store.

Shopper Rachael Aliot posted a video of the flooding to facebook where it received over 400,000 views, 3,000 comments and over 5,000 shares.

The flooding, which occurred yesterday (January 9) was cleared by 3.30pm and the store reopened for business.

A spokesperson from Bluewater said: “The leak has been isolated to reduce further flooding and we have a team on site working to investigate and fix the issue.

“Due to a water leak at House Of Fraser, yesterday (Sunday 8th Jan) the store was temporarily closed. The store is now fully open and trading as usual."