Firefighters called in hazmat teams and bomb squad personnel after finding a suspicious package outside a North Park fire station Sunday.
The situation was reported just before 3:20 p.m. at San Diego Fire-Rescue Station 14, at the intersection of 32nd Street and Lincoln Avenue. Firefighters returned from a call to find a taped-up cardboard box sitting outside the station, Battalion Chief Rick Ballard told City News Service.
The 15 by 15 inch box was taped up and had the words “caution” and “dangerous” written on it.
The hazmat and bomb personnel quickly set up a perimeter around the station, blocking off 32nd Street and Lincoln Avenue by about a block in each direction, Ballard said.
The bomb squad x-rayed the package and determined it was filled with aluminum flux and trash, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue. Authorities reopened the streets about 5:45 p.m.
Updated at 7:21 p.m. Dec. 30, 2018
–City News Service