SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle set up a perimeter of nearly half a mile around one of its terminals Wednesday after bomb-sniffing dogs indicated that a container recently unloaded off a ship could contain explosives.
Dozens of non-essential personnel were evacuated from Terminal 18, on Harbor Island south of downtown Seattle, a Port of Seattle spokesman said. A bomb squad was set to examine the container to determine its contents.
“There was a suspect container, two of them, taken off the ship because there were questions about the manifest,” said port spokesman David Schaefer. “The bomb-sniffing dogs did what bomb-sniffing dogs do, and it caused us to be worried there might be explosives.”
Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike Zolzer said the container was supposed to contain oily rags, but officials examining the container apparently found some items that did not match that description.
Zolzer said he did not know where the ship originated from.
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