A main road in East Sheen was closed this afternoon due to a "security alert".
Upper Richmond Road West was closed between Clifford Avenue and Sheen Lane at about 4pm this afternoon and reopened shortly before 4.40pm.
Police, firefighters and ambulance crews attended and bus routes 33, 337 and 493 were subject to diversion and delays while the incident was investigated.
People posted on Twitter stating a "suspicious object" had been dug up in the area, with some residents stating a suspected unexploded World War II bomb had been found.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the incident was a "security alert" and was unable issue any further details.
A police cordon was put in place and was lifted after the object was found to be a piece of scrap metal.
Panic over - unexploded WW2 bomb in #EastSheen which shut Upper Richmond Rd, turned out to be some old scrap metal
— Joanna Mills (@joannamills39) March 31, 2015
Looks like we are safe again in east sheen - roads open and normality resumes!! #eastsheen #bombscare #ww2
— Stacey Hermon (@Stacey828) March 31, 2015
Police investigating suspected WW2 bomb in East Sheen, London. Roads blocked off, police, ambulances, fire engines at scene
— Michael O'Connor (@MikeOConnorNews) March 31, 2015
Police , fire, ambulance. Evacuated, roads closed. Suspicious metal objects. And all this in quiet #eastsheen pic.twitter.com/wGB8pGDrCf
— Philip von H._O2 UK (@PvonH) March 31, 2015
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