Mystery over UK airbase scare as police find petrol not explosives

A UK probe into a suspected bomb plot at an airbase used by the United States was mired in confusion, as police said no explosives but a “quantity of petrol” was found in vehicles seized nearby. Police were called to the Royal Air Force Fairford base in southwest England on Sunday after a resident saw several vans “acting suspiciously”, triggering an evacuation of the nearby village and the declaration of a “ major incident ”. “Those vehicles have been subject to extensive examination… and we can confirm that no improvised explosive devices were found. However, a quantity of petrol was…