SALT LAKE CITY -
An IRS building in downtown Salt Lake City was evacuated this afternoon after a suspicious package was found. The building is located near 100 South and 200 East. 200 East between South Temple and 300 South, which surrounds the IRS building, were closed at the time of the incident, but are now expected to reopen after the package in question was found to be not dangerous.
The large black package was spotted at about 3:00 p.m. resting on one of the pillars of the building. The bomb squad detonated the package at around 5:00 p.m. and found only personal belongings inside. Sgt. Robin Snyder of the Salt Lake Police Department said the package was found to not be dangerous.
"Fortunately it wasn't a threat," said Snyder.
Snyder said roads that are now closed surrounding the IRS Building will reopen as soon as officials clean up the investigation. She said the entire IRS building was evacuated, which also houses several businesses. Snyder said it was near closing time when the package was found and the building was evacuated.
"It was a big black package. There was no one around it. Nobody saw who put it there. We didn't receive any calls and there wasn't a note or anything, but it was against one of the pillars of the IRS building, which made it suspicious enough in itself," said Snyder. "So we thought to take the highest precautions to evacuate everybody and take care of it."
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The large black package was spotted at about 3:00 p.m. resting on one of the pillars of the building. The bomb squad detonated the package at around 5:00 p.m. and found only personal belongings inside. Sgt. Robin Snyder of the Salt Lake Police Department said the package was found to not be dangerous.
"Fortunately it wasn't a threat," said Snyder.
Snyder said roads that are now closed surrounding the IRS Building will reopen as soon as officials clean up the investigation. She said the entire IRS building was evacuated, which also houses several businesses. Snyder said it was near closing time when the package was found and the building was evacuated.
"It was a big black package. There was no one around it. Nobody saw who put it there. We didn't receive any calls and there wasn't a note or anything, but it was against one of the pillars of the IRS building, which made it suspicious enough in itself," said Snyder. "So we thought to take the highest precautions to evacuate everybody and take care of it."
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