A large Southwest Philadelphia United States Postal Service facility was cleared as the bomb squad and firefighters investigated a suspicious package early Wednesday. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia reports as trucks start moving again.
Some tense moments at a large United States Postal Service facility in Southwest Philadelphia Wednesday morning as the bomb squad was called in after a suspicious package was discovered.
Philadelphia police, Philadelphia firefighters, K-9 units, the Philadelphia Bomb Squad and Homeland Security were called to the USPS sorting facility along Lindbergh Boulevard in the Eastwick neighborhood around 2:40 a.m. on June 5, 2024, after "a possible explosive device was inside a broken box," police said.
The bomb squad eventually "declared the device inert," police said.
By 4:30 a.m., trucks could be seen rolling into and out of the facility again.
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The circumstances surrounding the device remained under investigation Wednesday, police said.
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