Crime & Safety
Bomb Squad Detonates Package In Center City Philadelphia: Report
Blocks of Market Street were closed in Center City Philadelphia Friday afternoon when a suspicious package was discovered.
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Police activity has shut down blocks of Market Street in Philadelphia due to a suspicious package, 6 ABC reports.
According to NBC, PVC pipe with wires on each end was discovered outside a Center City fire station on 21st and Market.
The bomb squad, Philadelphia Police, and Philadelphia Fire Department were all on hand as the bomb squad detonated the package.
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NBC reports that the package had fallen off of a construction truck.
Market Street is closed between 21st and 22nd streets to both foot and vehicle traffic, police said. The public is asked to avoid the area.
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@PhillyPolice closed Market b/w 21 & 22 to people & vehicles due to police activity - consider alternate routes and avoid the area.
— Philadelphia OEM (@PhilaOEM) September 23, 2016
No injuries have been reported.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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