Residents evacuated as Army bomb disposal unit is scrambled to Wigan house for second time in a week after Manchester bombing arres
Eyewitnesses say officers shut off roads in response to the alert
BOMB disposal teams have swooped on a Wigan home for the second time in five days as investigations into the Manchester terror attack continue.
Residents were warned away from the area after authorities arrived at the home, the same property where a man was arrested last week.
Greater Manchester Police said: "We are currently searching a property in Springfield Street in Wigan in relation to last Monday's attack on Manchester Arena.
"There is a cordon in place and we are asking people to avoid the area."
Photographs from the scene have shown bomb disposal teams at the scene.
Swinley residents were first evacuated from their homes on Springfield Street and the surrounding area on Thursday evening.
It was part of the police's investigation into the Manchester Arena bombing and followed the arrest of a man on Upper Dicconson Street in Wigan the day before.
Police officers have been based at a house on Springfield Street since Thursday.
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The investigation also saw authorities pounce on Salam Abedi's local barbers just days ago.
Officers in Wigan, Manchester and St Helen's were called into action over fears there may be a second bomb in the hands of extremists.
The Sun revealed that a terror suspect who had been arrested as part of the Manchester bombing investigations had trained to fly planes.
Whitehall sources revealed last week that security services are managing around 500 active investigations relating to 3,000 people of interest.
The Home Secretary has warned members of the Manchester bomber's terror network could still be at large.
Asked whether some of sick Salman Abedi’s associates were still free, Amber Rudd MP said: “Potentially, it’s an ongoing operation.
“The operation is still at full tilt and until the operation is complete we can’t be entirely sure that it’s closed.”
She also revealed that the government had started using legal measures to prevent suspected Islamic terrorists coming back to the UK for the first time.
Temporary exclusion orders make it illegal for suspects to return to British shores without contacting UK authorities beforehand.