LAX Cargo Facility Temporarily Evacuated After Bomb Squad Investigates 'Questionable' Cargo
Workers at the cargo facility were evacuated, but no passengers were affected.
— -- A cargo facility at Los Angeles International Airport was briefly evacuated Friday evening after "questionable materials" were reported on a cargo manifest, LAX police said.
The Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad arrived on the scene to investigate after the report was called in at 9:08 p.m. local time. The suspect cargo was reported outside the British Airways cargo area.
A few hours later, LAX police tweeted, "Repopulation of cargo facility taking place near LAX," with an image of a stamp that reads "Case Closed."
LAX police said that workers were evacuated from the Mercury Cargo facility as a precaution.
No passengers were evacuated, nor were any terminal areas or commercial airlines affected.
The cargo in question was reported after crews came across its manifest while screening cargo, LAX police said.
ABC News' Lucien Bruggerman contributed to this report.
