Suspicious item found in Uniontown deemed not dangerous
Officials from the Allegheny County Bomb Squad responded to a location in Uniontown Wednesday after a suspicious package, which subsequent investigation deemed not dangerous, was found at a service station.
City police closed multiple blocks downtown around noon after workers at the Shell gas station found what they thought was a possible bomb inside a trash can beside the gasoline pumps.
Capt. David J. Rutter said police were alerted to the suspicious item inside the waste container at the service station at the corner of Morgantown and Fayette streets. The item was described as two pop bottles joined together and filled with some type of liquid, with a powdery substance in between the bottles.
Rutter said police later discovered that the suspicious item is believed to be a student’s science experiment that was thrown away in the trash can for disposal and did not pose a threat.
The bomb scare occurred the morning after an explosion rocked a Uniontown business and caused significant damage to the exterior of the building and one week after an explosion destroyed a car in Pershing Court.
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