Glasgow residents told to leave homes ‘immediately’ as bomb squad called in over ‘hazardous material’

Bomb squad called to scene as around 80 people evacuated

Police and the bomb squad remain at the scene on Tuesday morning (PA Archive)

Around 80 people have been evacuated from homes and a bomb disposal team is on the scene after “hazardous material” was found in a flat in Glasgow.

Police arrived at the flat on Altyre Street, Shettleston shortly after 5pm on Monday evening and remained onsite well into Tuesday morning.

The Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) is at the scene as police try to determine the nature of the materials.

Chief superintendent Alan Waddell said on Monday night: “Enquiries are at an early stage but I would like to reassure the local community that the significant multi-agency response to this incident will continue overnight.

“I would like to thank those affected for their co-operation and advise that everything is being done to allow those evacuated back into their homes as soon as it is safe to do so.

“This incident has caused disruption to many people and I would urge members of the public to avoid the area at this time.”

Speaking to the Daily Record, one resident said people were told to leave “immediately”.

“My friend has an autistic son and they were told to leave immediately, even before collecting his medication,” the woman said.

“We don’t know what is going on. Police just told us there has been an incident and we need to leave. They’ve cordoned off the street and we don’t know when we will get back in.”

Another local resident told the newspaper they had “never seen so many of the emergency services in all my life”.

Alytre Street, Dalness Street, Ard Street and Trainard Avenue remained closed overnight.

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

“Operations Control mobilised a number of resources to the scene, including specialist HAZMAT units.”