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'Concerning' Situation Resolved at Union Station

March 31, 2005 - 6:32am
WASHINGTON -- A scary situation, which caused an evacuation of the main terminal at Union Station, has been resolved.

D.C. fire officials say a suspicious backpack found in the main lobby at Union Station Monday afternoon was full of shirts. Metro security alerted D.C. Fire and Park Police because the backpack was emitting a fuel smell.

X-ray machines and bomb-sniffing dogs revealed no circuitry.

"The backpack was opened, and it was determined that there was some clothing inside, and also a can of lighter fluid that had been leaking for some time," D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said. "Luckily this did not turn out to be as serious as it could have been.

The area had been evacuated as a precaution, but authorities say things are now back to normal.

(Copyright 2004 by WTOP Radio and The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

WASHINGTON -- A scary situation, which caused an evacuation of the main terminal at Union Station, has been resolved.

D.C. fire officials say a suspicious backpack found in the main lobby at Union Station Monday afternoon was full of shirts. Metro security alerted D.C. Fire and Park Police because the backpack was emitting a fuel smell.

X-ray machines and bomb-sniffing dogs revealed no circuitry.

"The backpack was opened, and it was determined that there was some clothing inside, and also a can of lighter fluid that had been leaking for some time," D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said. "Luckily this did not turn out to be as serious as it could have been.

The area had been evacuated as a precaution, but authorities say things are now back to normal.

(Copyright 2004 by WTOP Radio and The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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