Whitehall Road Leeds police: Live updates as emergency services respond to city centre incident
Police, fire crews and ambulances have rushed to an incident in Leeds city centre amid reports of a “suspicious package”.
The huge emergency services response came after officers were told shortly after 8am today (April 17) that an item had been delivered to a building at the Wellington Place office development.
The building has been evacuated and cordoned off, as checks are carried out.
There are currently two police cars, a fire engine, an ambulance and an ambulance incident response unit parked outside the office building on Whitehall Road, as well as another unidentified emergency services vehicle.
Whitehall Road remains open to traffic.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “At 8.13 am today, police were called to a report of a potentially suspicious package that had been delivered to a building in Wellington Place, Leeds.
“The building has been evacuated whilst emergency services carry out precautionary checks.”
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: “Ambulance resources were on scene as a precautionary measure, but not required.”
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