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UPDATE: ‘Suspicious Situation’ Cleared at Pottsville Post Office

POTTSVILLE — Road blocks were set up and police swarmed the area when a suspicious package was discovered Friday morning at the post office in Pottsville....
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POTTSVILLE -- Road blocks were set up and police swarmed the area when a suspicious package was discovered Friday morning at the post office in Pottsville.

Authorities gave the all clear sign just before noon, but for most of the morning the commotion caused tense moments downtown.

Several buildings along North Centre Street near the post office were evacuated.

People were forced out as a bomb squad came in.

Authorities told us around 9 a.m. Friday a worker at this post office called police concerned about a suspicious package found inside the post office lobby.

Police and fire officials immediately closed off one block of North Centre Street from East Harrison to Laurel Streets.

A bomb squad was called in as fire fighters and EMS crews were on standby.

The all clear was given before noon.

We still have not been told what was in the package, how it got there, and who left it in the post office.

The one question that has been answered is that it seems it wasn't anything dangerous.

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