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Suspicious Package Forces Evacuations At Raleigh Office Complex

Package Found In Parking Deck At Six Forks And Strickland Roads

POSTED: 1:11 p.m. EST March 19, 2002

UPDATED: 3:10 p.m. EST March 19, 2002

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A suspicious package and a car fire in the parking deck of a north Raleigh office complex has prompted the evacuation of nearby businesses.

Raleigh police and other agencies are at The Forum office complex, located at 5800 Six Forks Road near Strickland Road.

Tenants of The Forum office complex, Misys Healthcare and other nearby buildings were evacuated because of a suspicious bag that is still in the parking deck. The Bright Horizons Day Care was not evacuated, but some parents did come to get their children. According to Capt. Don Weingarten of the Raleigh Police Department, emergency crews were first called to the parking deck after what he called a car fire on the second-level of the multi-level parking deck around 12:30 p.m.

There are two such parking decks at the complex.The fire happened at the parking deck closest to Six Forks Road.

The Raleigh Police Department's bomb squad was later called to investigate the contents of a suspicious black bag found on the first level of the same parking deck.

Police said it is routine to evacuate everything within a 1,000 feet of the area. In this case, the evacuation includes three to four office buildings.

Raleigh police, the state Highway Patrol and ATF officers are at the scene.

One man who was injured after falling from the second level of the parking deck to the ground is being treated at WakeMed. His injuries are not considered life threatening.

No word on what caused the fire.

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"A suspicious black bag", hmmm?
blackbag, you got some 'splainin to do!