All Clear Given Over "Suspicious Package" Found Outside Missoula City Hall
POSTED: 7:09 pm MDT September 6, 2010UPDATED: 10:35 pm MDT September 6, 2010MISSOULA, Mont. -- Hazardous materials teams have given the "all clear" at Missoula City Hall after a "suspicious" package was left by a bicyclist. The package was a "Culligan Water" cardboard box. The box had "general threats" written right on it.The package was noticed around 2:00 Monday afternoon on surveillance cameras outside the entrance to the police department on City Hall's south side. The bomb squad was called in. It ex-rayed the package and determined it wasn't a bomb.Shortly before 5:00, hazardous materials units were dispatched to city hall to further examine the package.Crews gave the all clear shortly before 7:00. Officials say the box contained an un opened bottle of iced tea. The Haz Mat team ran several tests on the box to determine if it was a health or radioactive hazard. Those tests came back negative.
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