The ‘tiny community’ was crawling with emergency services amid a major response to a ‘suspicious’ package

Josh Pennington Content editor

00:20, 07 Jun 2026Updated 01:16, 07 Jun 2026

Army bomb disposal experts in Abram Close, Fallowfield(Image: ASM)

Army bomb disposal units descended on a ‘peaceful’ Fallowfield neighbourhood as residents were evacuated from their homes on the residential close.

A large cordon was put in place surrounding Abram Close on Saturday evening (June 6) with emergency services responding to a ‘suspicious’ item.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers were called to a ‘suspicious item in a front garden’ shortly after 6.05pm. They confirmed 20 surrounding properties had been advised to evacuate.

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One eye witness told the Manchester Evening News: “I was going to my sister’s and they were telling everyone to evacuate out of the streets. They would not let us through and they started to put a cordon up.

Ambulance incident response units arrive at the scene of a ‘suspicious item’ found in the garden at Abram Close in Fallowfield(Image: ASM)

“Everybody was told to go back. They pushed everyone back. There are loads of fire crews and ambulances here.”

Another resident described how he saw the army bomb disposal unit send a robot into the property concerned.

He added: “I’m a bit nervous about what’s going on right now. This is quite a peaceful neighbourhood. This community is really tiny.”

Army bomb disposal experts in Abram Close, Fallowfield(Image: ASM)

Pictures from the scene showed the area swarming with emergency response vehicles and personnel, with CSI and specialist incident response units later arriving on the scene. Other images showed army bomb disposal experts working in the garden of a property.

Residents told the M.E.N they were allowed back into the homes at around 11pm. A cordon remains in place with emergency services still on the scene into the early hours of Sunday, June 7.

The emergency services on Abram Close in Fallowfield following the discovery of a ‘suspicious package’ in a garden(Image: ASM)