Bellingham Police are reporting an evacuation of Bellingham International Airport has been carried out today as a precaution.
People who say they are at the airport have posted to social media advising no one was being allowed in to or out of the terminal building.
According to the Bellingham Police via their Twitter account (as of 3:40pm),
1 of 2 @BellinghamPD bomb squad is arriving at Bellingham Intl Airport. Screeners got a positive swab for explosives. We are checking it.
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Click for more information— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
2 of 2. Airport is evacuated as a precaution. We will keep you posted via Twitter.
— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
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Update. There are about 300 passengers in the post screening area. They are fine and far from the area of concern.
— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
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Bomb robot has been deployed to obtain X-rays of the suitcase. This takes time to do this safely. We will continue to update with progress.
— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
Medium size black suitcase on the sidewalk of the passenger pickup area. This is NOT okay for the .1 % of folks who did not know this!
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Click for more information— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
Just verified through X-rays that the suitcase is completely empty Airport operations will be back to normal soon.
— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
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