Biohazard cleaners find 'unusual' mushrooms in abandoned bingo hall – Bournemouth Echo

         <span class="mar-article__timestamp">                                  <time datetime="2025-11-20 00:00:00"                     data-format="article-display"                     data-show-date="always"                     data-show-time="today-only"                     data-timestamp="1763596800"                     itemprop="datePublished"                     class="author-details__timestamp formatTimeStampEs6"                     full-date="19.11.2025">&nbsp;                 </time>                              </span>             <!-- standard - ArticleTags.html --> <div class="article-tags" role="listitem"><a href="/topics/business/">Business</a></div>                              <!-- standard - ArticleTags.html --> <div class="article-tags" role="listitem"><a href="/local-news/bournemouth-news/">Bournemouth</a></div>         <br>   A BIOHAZARD based cleaning company encountered some peculiar looking mushrooms after it was hired to clean up an abandoned bingo hall in Westbourne. <br>   Megan Johnstone, founder of Pro Clean Commercials which she runs with her business partner Jack Tozer, spent the day clearing out the interesting looking mould and fungi from The Grand Cinema in Bournemouth, which can pose serious risk to life. <br>   “I never seen anything like this on a job,” she said. <br>   “This was new for me.” <br>   <img srcset="https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222767/?type=mds-article-575 575w, https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222767/?type=mds-article-962 962w, https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222767/?type=mds-article-642 1400w, https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222767/?type=mds-article-620 1401w" sizes="(max-width: 575px) 575px, (max-width: 992px) 962px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (min-width: 1401px) 1401px" width="100%"><span class="inline-image-caption">Megan said she had not seen anything like the mushrooms found the property <em>(Image: Pro Cleaning Commercial)</em></span> <br>   She said the mould and growth was “pretty much everywhere” throughout building and highlighted how dangerous it can be for people to be around. <br>   After posting photos of the unique mushrooms on Facebook, Megan said the post had received a lot of impressions and gained a lot of attention. <br>   The job took her and her brother four hours to clean out between the pair of them but involved “hacking away” at the infestation. <br>   “The process was quite simple really. It was just a case of getting shovels, bagging it all up and dealing with what was left behind.” <br>   Megan said she believes the building had been left in this state for “years and years” which had caused the large and usual mushrooms and mould to grow. <br>   A business owner at just 23-years-old, Megan has been running the company for about five years ago and was proud her achievements so far. <br>   While it was her first biohazard job for a commercial property, Megan is hoping to continue working within the community in similar jobs and has recently partnered with the council to conduct more biohazard cleanouts. <br>   <img srcset="https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222766/?type=mds-article-575 575w, https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222766/?type=mds-article-962 962w, https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222766/?type=mds-article-642 1400w, https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20222766/?type=mds-article-620 1401w" sizes="(max-width: 575px) 575px, (max-width: 992px) 962px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (min-width: 1401px) 1401px" width="100%"><span class="inline-image-caption"><em>(Image: Pro Cleaning Commercial)</em></span> <br>   Megan had initially thought of joining the police at the beginning and became involved in the industry while studying to earn some extra cash. <br>   “It wasn’t something that I was originally wanting to do,” she said of starting the business. <br>   “My intention was to help people and make a difference,” Megan added. <br>   She also felt her job was “kind of like” an emergency services role, as she is often tasked with entering dangerous sites where every job comes with life-threatening risks. <br>   Soon she is hoping to expand her business and open a training academy for biohazard cleaning and take on many larger jobs to expand her business. <br>   Outside of the company, Megan has undertaken motivational speaking and appeared on podcasts speaking life as a young business owner in Dorset. <br>This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's     Editors' Code of Practice. 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