Suspicious Package Cleared At SFO Postal Facility [UPDATED]

UPDATE 2:30 P.M.: San Francisco police have determined that a suspicious package in a U.S. Postal Service cargo facility at San Francisco International Airport Thursday afternoon is not hazardous, airport officials said this afternoon.

A bomb squad team has since determined that the package was not dangerous, according to SFO spokesman Doug Yakel. The facility is reopening.

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ORIGINAL STORY AS FOLLOWS:

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CA — A "suspicious package" that was found at a San Francisco International Airport postal facility has prompted an evacuation Thursday. It's not clear what time the item was first found, but postal officials tell Patch they were notified around noon.

The U.S. Postal Service facility at the airport was immediately evacuated following the discovery, and it remained evacuated as of 2 p.m. as officials investigated.

USPS spokesman Augustine Ruiz says the inbound package, which was in the possession of customs employees at the International Service Center, was scanned and someone noticed "something irregular," so the building was evacuated as a precaution.

The incident is being handled by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and by local law enforcement, Ruiz said.

— Bay City News Service contributed to this report / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone