There was an incident in Carmelite Road, Harrow Weald, this morning that prompted a large emergency services response.
Police closed the road after a man was spotted on the roof of a building. A number of residents contacted Harrow Online to ask what was happening.
A Met Police spokesperson told Harrow Online that they were dealing with a mental health incident and it has now been safely resolved.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 8.21am today (13 August) to reports of an incident on Carmelite Road, Harrow.
“We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team.
“We treated a man at the scene and took him to hospital.”
A spokesperson for London Fire Brigade added, “We assisted the Metropolitan Police Service with an incident on Carmelite Road at 0817, the incident was over for the Brigade at 0923.”
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