Posted: Wed 3rd Oct 2018

‘Mortar devices’ trigger Holt Road bomb disposal closure – items turn out to be fire extinguishers

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This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Oct 3rd, 2018

Update: North Wales Police have told us someone working on a property thought they had come across ‘mortar devices’. Thankfully they turned out to be ‘pressurised fire extinguishers’ – No evacuation was required and the incident is over.

Original information below…

Police have closed part of Holt Road this afternoon as emergency services attend a property.

A bomb disposal unit is also part of the emergency service response.

The focus appears to be an address close to the corner of Holt Road and Borras Road, near to the McColls shop.

More shortly.



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