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Suspicious Package Forces Evacuation Of Businesses In Central Coast Building

Bomb scare prompts evacuation of a building in Buellton. Officials alter determined that the package in question wasn't an explosive device

A package left in front of a Central Coast business caused a scare today, with a bomb squad needed to determine that it wasn't an explosive device.

The package was discovered at around 8:30 this morning outside of a building on the 2000 block of East Highway 246 in Buellton.  An employee called Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies, who determined that something was suspicious, prompting evacuation of the several businesses in the building.

The Sheriff's Bomb Squad was called, and by 11:30, it had determined that the package didn't contain an explosive device.  Detectives aren't releasing further details of what happened because of the ongoing investigation.