Hell In A Hand Cart

What is going on???  At about 3.15pm, the boss comes into the tearoom and says that the office will be closing at 4pm.  Then he asks to speak to me separately - apparently, Tipton Police Station has been set alight and he sent me home there and then to make sure I could get there before anything happened to the public transport.

Managed to get a bus ok but, what the hell is happening to this country????