Evacuation lifted after police investigate suspicious package in Fort Collins Richard Cote
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Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS) responded to a call of a suspicious package in the area of Oakridge Drive and East Boardwalk Drive, Thursday.
The Northern Colorado Bomb Squad was called to investigate, according to a tweet from Fort Collins Police.
As a precaution, the area between Bluestrem Court and Meadow Run Drive, to the south, and the southern part of Hogan Drive, south of Player Drive were evacuated, police tweeted.
Police first tweeted about the suspicious package just after 11 a.m.
At 1:37 p.m., police tweeted that the bomb squad finished investigating and it was safe to return to the area.
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Fort Collins police investigated a suspicious bag containing unknown chemicals in south Fort Collins on Thursday, closing roads and evacuating nearby areas for nearly three hours.
A suspicious backpack was found among the contents of an abandoned storage unit in the area of Oakridge and Boardwalk drives about 11 a.m., and the Northern Colorado Bomb Team responded out of precaution, according to a tweet from Fort Collins police.
Evacuations lifted after Fort Collins police, bomb squad investigate suspicious backpack
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. â Police in Fort Collins gave the all-clear around 1:30 p.m. Thursday after investigating a suspicious backpack around Oakridge Drive and E. Boardwalk Drive.
The Northern Colorado Bomb Squad responded to the area to investigate out of precaution. Residents on Bluestem Court north of Meadow Drive and the southern part of Hogan Drive south of Player Drive were evacuated, police said
Out of precaution, the area immediately surrounding the investigation is being evacuated: Bluestem Ct north of Meadow Dr & the southern part of Hogan Dr south of Player Dr.
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