Kentish Town bomb: Street on lockdown after World War Two explosive discovered
A leafy street in north London was evacuated on Tuesday morning after a World War Two bomb was discovered.
The Kentish Town road was placed on lockdown while police investigated the object shortly after 8.10am.
Bartholomew Road was closed off as officers swooped on the scene.
Witnesses described as many as six police cars arriving in the street.
Ella Wilks-Harper, 23, a resident on the road, said: “As I was leaving my house to work at 8.30am a police officer rushed up to me and told me to evacuate my house.
"One end of Bartholomew Road was cordoned off. Other members of the police were ringing bells to try and get people out.”
Police evacuated my street this morning after apparently finding a WW2 torpedo bomb next door...definitely one of the most dramatic excuses for being late to work #kentishtown
— Ella Wilks-Harper (@ellawilksharper) November 21, 2017
6 x police cars and counting outside James Wigg practice. Road closed off #kentishtown #BartholomewRoad #Northlondon #Police anyone knows what is going on????
— Katie Harris (@Kajaha) November 21, 2017
The police cordon has since been removed from the road.
A Met Police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 8.10am to an address in Bartholomew Road to reports of a World War Two ordnance.
“It has since been stood down.”
The spokeswoman added that the Met's bomb specialists confirmed the finding was an unexploded bomb.