AT LEAST a dozen homes have been evacuated after a cleaner found “radioactive” waste in bin bags.
The worker was clearing the property of a couple of elderly “hoarders” in Hammersmith, West London, when the grim discovery was made last night.
Emergency services cordoned off Bentworth Road in Hammersmith and Fulham following the discovery[/caption]
Emergency crews, including police, were called to the scene at 7pm following the incident less than 100 yards from a primary school.
A private cleaning firm had been hired to empty the semi-detached house in Bentworth Road on Thursday afternoon.
Two workers took bags of rubbish to a scrap dealers where it was scanned and they were told it was “radioactive”.
Police were then called before the street was swarmed with specialist officers.
Around a dozen homes were evacuated and others were warned not to enter the street until it was safe.
