FDNY Headquarters Evacuated After Suspicious Package Found

DOWNTOWN, BROOKLYN — The fire department partially evacuated their Brooklyn headquarters Monday amid fears of a bomb scare, according to FDNY and the NYPD.

Police and fire officials are investigating a suspicious package discovered in an office at the fire department's 9 MetroTech Center headquarters near Flatbush Avenue Extension at 3:20 p.m., a fire department spokesman said.

As a precaution, FDNY partially evacuated the building. The bomb scare comes on the eve of the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, where two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers and killed nearly 3,000 people.

About 90 minutes later police deemed the suspicious package report unfounded, and workers were allowed back in the building, a police spokesman said.

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