Peterlee emergency live: Police swarm County Durham home after 'very serious incident'

Peterlee emergency live: Police swarm County Durham home after 'very serious incident' Multiple emergency service vehicles are in Passfield Way in Peterlee, County Durham, where a forensics tent has also been pictured Police have sealed off a home with multiple emergency service vehicles responding to a "very serious incident" in a County Durham town. Several police vehicles are at the scene while the ambulance service has also rushed to the scene in Passfield Way, Peterlee. Images show a forensics tent and police cordon erected after emergency services were called around 7am. A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service said: "We were called to an incident on Passfield Way, Shotton shortly after 7am on 13 June. We dispatched a double crewed ambulance, a clinical team leader, a rapid response paramedic and a specialist paramedic." Images show police at the scene of an incident in Passfield Way, in the Shotton and Peterlee area. There is a blue forensic tent where police appear to be gathering evidence. A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson confirmed the service had been called earlier this morning. This is the full statement: "We were called to an incident on Passfield Way, Shotton shortly after 7am on 13 June. We dispatched a double crewed ambulance, a clinical team leader, a rapid response paramedic and a specialist paramedic." [Image text:] POLICE POLICE