Dozens of emergency vehicles have flocked to Bath city centre after a “woman approached people with a bag” left several locals “feeling unwell”.
Some 14 ambulances, six police cars, and emergency responders in Hazmat suits were seen in the centre of the Unesco World Heritage city just after 2.30pm today.
Fire crews are understood to have stripped down and sprayed affected members of the public before escorting them away from the scene in ambulances following the incident.
Avon and Somerset Police said it had set up a cordon around Bath’s Stall Street – though confirmed that there were no further reports of any members of the public feeling unwell.
We are responding to an incident with @swasFT and @AvonFireRescue in #Bath this afternoon.
A cordon is in place as a precaution.
Please see details below.
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— Avon and Somerset Police (@ASPolice) July 29, 2024
Several hotspots in the city are understood to have been cordoned off, with images of the Roman Baths and streets around Bath Abbey filled with emergency services circulating on social media.
An eyewitness account of events read: “They took one woman off into some blue tarpaulin sheets and seemed to have hosed her down.
“She must have been told to remove her clothes, as she came out wearing a big orange suit covering her body.
“Then she was walked to the ambulance escorted by what I think was a paramedic wearing a full hazmat suit with breathing apparatus.”
More to follow…