Harefield residents have been reassured that an incident in Merle Avenue last night (Thursday, July 26) wasn't an acid attack.
The Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade (LFB) confirmed they were called to an incident at a bus stop at 11pm.
It was reported to the fire brigade as a potential acid attack but is now being treated as a common assault and not a corrosive substances attack.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed: "We were called to Merle Avenue at 11pm to reports of an assault.
"A substance was thrown in the attack but it was not a corrosive substance.
It is not clear at this stage whether there have been any arrests or what injuries, if any, were suffered by the victim.
An LFB spokeswoman has confirmed firefighters left the scene after less than half an hour.
Harefield residents reported seeing fire engines and police at the top of Harefield Village at the time of the incident.
One eye-witness told getwestlondon : "Police where stopping cars from coming in to the village at the top of Merle Avenue. They were turning around outside the Harefield pub and going back down the hill."
