Evacuation in Canterbury

Evacuation in Canterbury

news.sky.com

Kent Police are dealing with two suspicious incidents in Canterbury city centre, though it is not known if they are linked.

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Breaking news on Sky News Kent (UK) police have a fire in a Marks and Spencer store and a suspicious package near a railway line. Not known if there is any link to the 2 (sounds unlikely) ... more to follow when it is available

BBC Link just uploaded

bit weird... just keeping an eye on the left hand while the right is occupied with Libya and Irene

Kent Police are dealing with two suspicious incidents in Canterbury city centre, though it is not known if they are linked.

On Twitter, the force says there has been a small fire in a Marks and Spencer store, though no one was injured.
It also states officers are dealing with a suspicious package near a railway line in the city.
There are no trains running and a number of streets are closed including Old Dover Road.
Police have also closed St Georges Street and evacuated Whitefriars, the bus station and the Marlowe Arcade.
People are being advised to avoid the city centre.
It is not known at this stage if the incidents are linked and what caused the fire.
More to follow

That is the full article on sky at the moment, will see what more develops




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anyone from that area?

reply to post by Flying Sorcerer


I think ATS member:Infinite was living there a while back,and he usually has solid info,don't know if he still lives there though.
Are you there Infinite?
Whats going down friend?

Originally posted by Flying Sorcerer
anyone from that area?

This person is:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Marks and Spencer

Well they do call it Marks & Sparks

Hes on it here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

www.bbc.co.uk...

Trains have been halted and areas of Canterbury city centre evacuated while police investigate two incidents.

Kent Police said the first followed a call from a member of the public at 16:21 BST about a suspicious package near the railway in Old Dover Road.

The second involved the discovery of a small fire at Marks and Spencer in St George's Street. Kent Fire and Rescue are at the scene.

Police said officers were unable to say yet whether the incidents were linked.

Not sure, not heard anything but the above.

haha took far too long creating the thread - did search before hand...

close thread go here

reply to post by Flying Sorcerer


You can have a story in Breaking alternative news and one other forum. There should be no need to close the thread