The coastal town of Estaburn, southern Britain, witnessed – Monday – a widespread security alert, after finding a bottle containing “unknown liquid” inside a house, which necessitated the intervention of the dismantling unit of explosives and evacuating more than 160 families from the surrounding area.
Emergency services announced that it had closed a section from Hyde Road Road after the bottle was discovered inside a residential property, while the police were called to the site at 5:27 pm to evaluate the potential threat. Soon a security collar was imposed on the place, while a specialized team from the explosive munition unit examined the suspicious body.
As part of the precautionary procedures, the residents of Hayed Street and the streets adjacent to it – including Camden Street, Kalfrely, Ways Terras, Bath, and Group – were asked to leave their homes by nine o’clock on Tuesday morning, to make way for the evacuation of an organization carried out by the authorities.
Investigations are still ongoing to determine the nature of the liquid and the reasons for its presence inside the house.
Homes evacuated after ‘unidentified liquid’ found https://t.co/L5sDjnIr7P
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“Our priority is to maintain the safety of people. We are satisfied with the lack of a direct danger to the population, and the evacuation can be completed safely and effectively during the daytime hours,” said John Robson, the detective inspector.
The spokesman added that officers of their uniforms will be in the region since the morning hours to provide support and advice to the population, expressing his thanks to the people for their cooperation, and he said: We value patience and support the affected while we continue to work to end this incident safely. Public safety remains our top priority. “
Grove Road in #Eastbourne is currently CLOSED due to an ongoing police incident. The closure is in place for traffic from the roundabout near the station.@SussexTW pic.twitter.com/HY1dr0fKWF
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Residents
According to local sources, 55 -year -old Trissei Witkelik, who lives next to the house, said that a leaked package wrapped in a brown tape was taken out of the house.
The police knocked my door this morning and asked me to leave. “I still smell chemicals in the air now,” she added.
Evacuation
He attended the extinguishing munitions team to evaluate the body, conducted a controlled bombing, and asked for 6 different streets to leave their homes by nine o’clock on Tuesday.
The chief Sussex police inspectors, Simon Yights, stated that the transparent liquid will be sent to the analysis, describing it as stable, and said he was in an unfamiliar place inside the house. There were also no arrests and no one was detained.
He added: “We are not sure of what the container contained. The house was evacuated, and the street supervisors used it. The container is the size of a bottle of drinks. We did not find anything indicating any terrorism. The container was in the middle of the floor in a strange place. We did not find anything indicating any threat.”
Robert Smart, a member of the local council, told the BBC SASX that the article “is likely to be dangerous”, and said: “We will undoubtedly know more” about the nature of the liquid.