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COLLEGEDALE (WRCB) - Authorities say a suspicious package prompted the evacuation of Apison Crossing in Collegedale.
Nearly a dozen businesses had to lock their doors while the Chattanooga Bomb Squad was called out to the scene. Their investigations revealed there was nothing dangerous inside the package, but it wasn't taken lightly.
The bomb squad placed what is called a "disruption device" beside the package and essentially blew it up.
"If it had been loaded, and if you don't clear out the area and it detonates, there is potential for the life loss of everybody," said Sgt. Allen Tallant with the Chattanooga Police Department Bomb Squad.
The evacuated businesses were allowed to reopen around 7 p.m.
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