A MAN believed to be armed with a knife has locked himself inside a house in Cairo Street, Burnley.
Police negotiators are at the scene to talk to the man, who is on his own inside the property.
A number of police vans and ambulance vehicles are at the scene and the situation is ongoing this afternoon.
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