Staff evacuated from council building in Sheffield city centre

Staff were evacuated from a council building in Sheffield city centre this morning after a man arrived with a petrol can.
A police car outside Howden House this morningA police car outside Howden House this morning
A police car outside Howden House this morning

Police were called to Howden House, Union Street, after the man started making threats to set the building alight at around 9.20am.

He was arrested at around 9.30am.

Howden House is a contact point for members of the public with queries about council services.

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A South Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "It was reported to us just before 9.20am that a man, believed to be his 30s, was in the building in possession of a petrol can and he was making threats to set the building on fire. He was arrested at 9.30am.

"No members of the public were in the building and staff had been evacuated."