London cops found strange-looking package near the US embassy building which made them do controlled explosion in south part of city today. The police force wrote on X social media that loud bang heard by locals was part of their safety work‚ but they dont plan to remove barriers from area yet
The glass-cube embassy (which moved here about 6 years ago) sits in Nine-elms neighborhood — a fast-growing area near Thames river. Its new home is twelve-story high modern building that replaced old one from central Mayfair district: safety was main reason for this big move
The once-industrial zone changed into fancy living space with many high-end flats. Next to embassy stands famous red-brick Battersea Power Station — built back in 1930ʼs with its well-known white chimneys — which now works as shopping place. US embassy team said road near building stays closed “out of abundance of caution“