Falkirk Royal Mail depot locked down by police after major incident

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https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/6 ... -incident/

A MAJOR investigation has been launched after an incident at a Royal Mail sorting depot in Falkirk.

Emergency services were called to the site in Garrison Place shortly after 3pm this afternoon.



Cops and paramedics wearing orange hazard suits were seen entering the building.

Three ambulances, including a specialist operations team, were sent to the scene.

The nature of the incident has not yet been established.

But tonight Police Scotland say officers remain at the building and added that enquiries are "ongoing".

An inspector for the force said he wasn’t able to comment on the investigation.

A Royal Mail spokeswoman confirmed that they’re looking into an incident.

An eyewitness said: “I got off the train at Falkirk Grahamston train station and loads of police were going about.”

“I couldn’t really see what was happening, but they were all running into the building.”

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Follow up from this morning.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/6 ... -response/


Condolences to all.

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A MAN has died at a Royal Mail depot in Falkirk amid a major emergency response.

The 52-year-old passed away at the postal hub in the town's Garrison Place yesterday.

Emergency services raced to the Royal Mail hub in Falkirk on Friday afternoon

The Scottish Sun revealed that emergency services had raced to the delivery office around 3pm.

Cops and paramedics wearing orange hazard suits were seen entering the building.
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Three ambulances, including a specialist operations team, were also sent to the scene.

Police today confirmed the man's death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Around 3pm on Friday, 27 November, 2020, police were called to a report of the sudden death of a 52 year old man within a building in Garrison Place, Falkirk.

"There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."

A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “Royal Mail was deeply saddened by this tragic event.

"Our sympathy and thoughts are with our colleague’s friends and family at this difficult time.

"We have launched an internal enquiry into what happened.

"We are offering on site support and counselling to any colleague who may have been impacted by this incident.”