British police arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offenses near an airbase used by the US to strike Iranian targets, while Army bomb disposal experts searched vehicles and homes were evacuated in the "major incident" on Sunday (September 27).

Aerials show a heavy police and emergency services presence in the area, including the use of what appears to be a bomb disposal robot moving around three parked vans near to a road near the base.

The British government, which gave authorisation to the US to use RAF Fairford to strike Iranian missile sites that were attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz, said Prime Minister Andy Burnham was being updated about the incident.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards had warned in July that any base used in strikes would be a legitimate target.

A Reuters eyewitness said armed police had blocked access to the main gate of the base, while machinery had been positioned in front of access points. Residents of a nearby village were woken in the early hours and ordered to leave their homes.

Around 30 emergency vehicles, including police cars, ambulances and fire engines, were parked up in the village of Fairford near the base, while a helicopter flew above.

Police said they believed the incident was now contained.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

IN AIR, FAIRFORD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 27, 2026) (BBC NEWS - No use UK) (MUTE)

1. VARIOUS AERIALS OF RAF FAIRFORD AIRBASE, INCLUDED PARKED MILITARY AIRCRAFT, WHICH HOSTS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) PERSONNEL, IN FAIRFORD

2. AERIAL OF POLICE CORDON, WITH VEHICLE PARKED ACROSS ROAD

3. AERIAL OF BOMB DISPOSAL VEHICLES PARKED IN ROAD

4. AERIAL OF PARKED CAR WITH DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN

5. AERIAL OF STATIONARY VANS, ONE WITH BACK DOORS OPEN AND BOMB DISPOSAL ROBOT MOVING TOWARDS ONE OF THEM

6. AERIAL OF BOMB DISPOSAL ROBOT NEXT TO ONE OF VANS

7. AERIAL OF THREE PARKED VANS, TWO WITH BACK DOORS OPEN

8. AERIAL OF BOMB DISPOSAL VEHICLES PARKED IN ROAD/ VANS AROUND CORNER OF ROAD (RIGHT)

9. AERIAL OF FAIRFORD/ EMERGENCY VEHICLES PARKED AT FAIRFORD YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB, NEAR RAF FAIRFORD

10. AERIAL OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES PARKED AT FAIRFORD YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB

11. AERIAL OF VEHICLES

12. AERIAL OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES PARKED AT FAIRFORD YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB

13. AERIAL OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES PARKED AT FAIRFORD YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB/ SURROUNDING AREA

14. AERIAL OF POLICE HELICOPTER FLYING

15. AERIAL OF CAR TURNING AROUND AT POLICE CORDON IN ROAD

16. AERIAL OF TWO POLICE VEHICLES IN ROAD, ONE TURNING AROUND, NEXT TO AIR BASE (ON RIGHT)