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Tuesday 12 April 2016 12:48 pm

Canary Wharf offices evacuated over suspicious vehicle near South Quay DLR station

By: Lynsey Barber

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Office workers close to Canary Wharf have returned to work after being evacuated due to a "suspicious vehicle" in the area.

Several buildings near South Quay station to the south of the main towers of Canary Wharf were evacuated and the area cordoned off following reports to the police.

They were called to the scene just before 10am on Tuesday morning and fire and ambulance services also attended the incident at Marsh Wall.

They were stood down just before 1pm, the Met Police have said, and workers have now returned.

Mass evacuation at #southquay at the request of the police pic.twitter.com/9C6L3sOQd5

— Tim Campbell (@TC_MBE) April 12, 2016

#Southquay bomb scare. People evacuated. Reports of suspicious BMW parked outside. pic.twitter.com/fmJtz2HMPN

— Cristian Ispir (@cristianispir) April 12, 2016

Evacuation continues away from #SouthQuay. Reason still unknown. Clearly not fire alarm as multiple buildings out pic.twitter.com/gLHveEGmnP

— Cristian Ispir (@cristianispir) April 12, 2016

Every building in South Quay has been evacuated. Police have sealed off the area. #bombthreat pic.twitter.com/xEguYFbu1O

— Don Wong (@thatbloke) April 12, 2016

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