‘Hazardous material’: Shocked Glasgow residents told to ‘leave homes immediately’

Police in Scotland have evacuated 80 folk from their properties after “hazardous cloth” used to be chanced on in a flat in east Glasgow.

Cops and a bomb disposal crew arrived on the flat on Altyre Avenue, Shettleston quickly after 5pm on Monday evening and remained onsite successfully into Tuesday morning.

The Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) used to be on the scene as police are attempting and judge the personality of the materials.

Chief superintendent Alan Waddell acknowledged on Monday night: “Enquiries are at an early stage nonetheless I’d love to reassure the native folk that the necessary multi-agency response to this incident will proceed in a single day.

“I’d love to thank those affected for his or her co-operation and inform that everything is being performed to enable those evacuated relieve into their properties as rapidly because it’s some distance safe to live so.

“This incident has triggered disruption to many folk and I’d drag contributors of the public to protect away from the design at the present.”

Alytre Avenue, Dalness Avenue, Ard Avenue and Trainard Avenue remained closed in a single day.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Carrier acknowledged: “We were alerted at 5.39pm on Monday, 7 August to reports of an incident sharp suspected hazardous materials at a property on Altyre Avenue, Glasgow.

“Operations Administration mobilised quite loads of sources to the scene, including specialist HAZMAT units.”