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Mass evacuation following company disturbance (9)

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I believe the answer is:

commotion

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'disturbance' is the definition.
(commotion is a kind of disturbance)

'mass evacuation following company' is the wordplay.
'mass evacuation' becomes 'motion' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'company' becomes 'com' (as in .com).
'motion' after 'com' is 'COMMOTION'.

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(Other definitions for commotion that I've seen before include "Row" , "Rumpus" , "Disorderly outburst" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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