Hundreds of people have been allowed back into their homes after Army bomb experts was called to a village.
A 100m (328ft) police cordon led to evacuations when “suspicious items” were found in a house in Brierley Road, Grimethorpe, on Wednesday morning.
About 130 homes in an exclusion zone were affected, with the zone reduced to 60m (197ft) late on Wednesday. That has since been reduced to three homes.
Two people arrested under the Firearms Act remain in police custody.
Emergency services including the Army’s bomb squad were called to the street in Barnsley after a warrant was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, South Yorkshire Police said.
This led to a number of “suspicious items” being found, the force added.
Hundreds of people were told to leave their homes and nearby roads were closed on Wednesday, with a cordon initially expected to be in place for 72 hours.
However, at 22:15 BST on Wednesday, South Yorkshire Police said that cordon would be reduced to include three homes and roads would reopen.
A 58-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman, both arrested on suspicion of offences under the Firearms Act, remain in police custody.
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