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Bomb Scare Rattles SFO

Emergency crews responded to reports of suspicious package that turned out to be harmless.

Gideon Rubin, Neighbor

A cargo area at San Francisco International Airport was briefly evacuated as a bomb squad responded to reports of a suspicious package Wednesday night, an airport duty manager said.

Emergency crews responded to the Southwest Airlines cargo area at around 8:10 p.m., duty manager John Ginty said.

A bomb squad arrived and about seven employees were evacuated from the area, he said.

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Ginty said the bomb squad found the package to be harmless and employees were allowed to return to the area at around 10 p.m.

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