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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Seamus McDonnell

'They said we should leave the house' - Fear and confusion as bomb scare forces families from their homes

Families living on one Wigan council estate awoke this morning to the shocking sight of an army bomb disposal team outside their homes.

People in houses around Vulcan Road, in the Marsh Green area of the town, were forced to leave their properties behind after police discovered a 'suspicious item and suspicious chemicals' inside a flat.

Officers raided the home as part of an ongoing investigation, but what they found inside caused major concern.

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