{"id":17193,"date":"2025-04-13T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/17193\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:33:19","slug":"bomb-squad-robot-investigates-suspicious-item-after-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/17193\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb squad robot investigates suspicious item after evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major emergency service response was called to St Paul&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>16:47, 12 Apr 2025Updated 16:51, 12 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-12-at-160727.jpg\" alt=\"Logistics robot returning to van\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Logistics robot returning to van(Image: Paul Gillis )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A bomb squad robot was called to the scene of a major evacuation in Bristol after a suspicious item was was found this afternoon, Saturday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A large emergency service response was called to Argyle Road in St Paul&#8217;s after a member of the public found a suspicious item.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the scene, as well as the bomb squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At the time of the incident, a cordon was put in place as a precaution and residents were asked to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The cordon appeared from Argyle Road to Brigstocke Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One witness said: &#8220;My road in Bristol (Argyle Road) is blocked off with police due to a suspicious package. They\u2019re evacuating the street&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another witness said: &#8220;&#8221;Major evacuation is ongoing in St Paul&#8217;s, Wilder Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;My daughter was told to evacuate to Portland Square. The place is packed. Loads of police, ambulance and first responders in the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">BristolLive has been told that the cordon has since been lifted and the roads have been reopened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services are also believed to have left the scene and residents are able to return home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">You can see our <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/live-residents-evacuated-suspicious-package-10102354\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">live blog here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: &#8220;Police can confirm a suspicious item found in Bristol was a false alarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Specialist units who examined the object declared it to be safe and it has been seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Officers would like to thank residents who were asked to leave their homes in Argyle Road and surrounding streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They were asked to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. We&#8217;re sorry for the disruption but our priority must be keeping everyone safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Officers were called just before midday today, Saturday 12 April, by a concerned member of the public. They did the right thing by calling us and we&#8217;re grateful to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Following examination by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, all precautionary cordons were lifted by about 4.30pm and residents can return home.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major emergency service response was called to St Paul&#8217;s 16:47, 12 Apr 2025Updated 16:51, 12 Apr 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,393,4884,11561,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-17193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-st-pauls","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114332093882824395","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17193","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=17193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}