Crime & Safety
Report of Suspicious Package Closes Warner On-Ramp
Bomb squad evacuates area and CHP closes 405 freeway entrance for about two hours. The package turns out to be harmless.
Reports of a suspicious package prompted the closure of a 405 Freeway on-ramp Sunday morning in Fountain Valley, police said.
The incident began around 9 a.m. when police responded to the 9000 block of Warner Avenue, said Lt. Ken Hounsley of the Fountain Valley Police Department.
Officers arriving at the scene saw a package with what looked like a fuse coming out of it near a closed business, Hounsley said.
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"The immediate area was evacuated and the Orange County Bomb Squad responded,'' Hounsley said in a statement.
The California Highway Patrol closed the Warner Avenue on-ramp to the north 405 while the investigation was underway. Officials determined the package was not a threat but possibly made as a prop, Hounsley said.
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The on-ramp reopened at 11:26 a.m.
-- City News Service
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