{"id":1010232,"date":"2026-06-07T01:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1010232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T01:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:05:21","slug":"army-bomb-disposal-units-and-csi-descend-on-peaceful-fallowfield-street-as-residents-evacuate-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1010232\/","title":{"rendered":"Army bomb disposal units and CSI descend on &#8216;peaceful&#8217; Fallowfield street as residents evacuate homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;tiny community&#8217; was crawling with emergency services amid a major response to a &#8216;suspicious&#8217; package<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_3f8b3f\">Josh Pennington<\/strong> Content editor<\/p>\n<p>00:20, 07 Jun 2026Updated 01:16, 07 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_JSR_MEN_060626army_03jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Army bomb disposal experts in Abram Close, Fallowfield\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Army bomb disposal experts in Abram Close, Fallowfield(Image: ASM)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Army bomb disposal units descended on a &#8216;peaceful&#8217; Fallowfield neighbourhood as residents were evacuated from their homes on the residential close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A large cordon was put in place surrounding Abram Close on Saturday evening (June 6) with emergency services responding to a \u2018suspicious\u2019 item.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesman for <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> confirmed officers were called to a &#8216;suspicious item in a front garden&#8217; shortly after 6.05pm. They confirmed 20 surrounding properties had been advised to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One eye witness told the Manchester Evening News: &#8220;I was going to my sister\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_JSR_MEN_060626ambo_02jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Ambulance incident response units arrive at the scene of a 'suspicious item' found in the garden at Abram Close in Fallowfield\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Ambulance incident response units arrive at the scene of a &#8216;suspicious item&#8217; found in the garden at Abram Close in Fallowfield(Image: ASM)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Everybody was told to go back. They pushed everyone back. There are loads of fire crews and ambulances here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another resident described how he saw the army bomb disposal unit send a robot into the property concerned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He added: &#8220;I&#8217;m a bit nervous about what&#8217;s going on right now. This is quite a peaceful neighbourhood. This community is really tiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_JSR_MEN_060626army_04jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Army bomb disposal experts in Abram Close, Fallowfield\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Army bomb disposal experts in Abram Close, Fallowfield(Image: ASM)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_JSR-MEN_060626bomb_05jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The emergency services on Abram Close in Fallowfield following the discovery of a 'suspicious package' in a garden\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The emergency services on Abram Close in Fallowfield following the discovery of a &#8216;suspicious package&#8217; in a garden(Image: ASM)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8216;tiny community&#8217; was crawling with emergency services amid a major response to a &#8216;suspicious&#8217; package Josh Pennington&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1010233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,8855,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":["post-1010232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-fallowfield","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116706143918904449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1010233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}