UPDATE: Police issue update after Swindon street evacuated over ‘explosion risk’
A road was cordoned off on a housing estate in Swindon this evening (Wednesday).
Emergency services were called to an address in Clitchbury Close, Badbury Park, at around 4.45pm.
The road, off Homington Avenue, was cordoned off by police as local residents were evacuated.
Two fire engines attended the scene and it’s understood crews dealt with a ‘suspicious substance’.
South Western Ambulance Service sent numerous resources to the incident, including a bronze commander and inter-agency liaison officer – but nobody’s believed to have been injured.
The scene was declared safe at around 6pm and the cordon was lifted shortly before 7pm as emergency services were stood down.
A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said the incident was police-led and could not comment on the circumstances.
Full details about the incident are not yet known; Wiltshire Police has been approached for comment.
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