GERMANTOWN, Md. — State and federal authorities investigated a suspicious vehicle at the U.S. Department of Energy in Germantown, Maryland Thursday morning.
The Montgomery County Police and Fire Rescue Bomb Squad responded to a call from DOE security after a bomb detection dog alerted on a gray Subaru just before 9 a.m. There was a heavy police presence around the Department of Energy for about an hour while authorities conducted their investigation. The entrance to the DOE in the 19900 block of Germantown Road was temporarily closed, and police warned drivers should expect significant delays.
Sky9 was over the scene Thursday. The Subaru was stopped at the gate and several orange traffic cones surrounded it. Bomb squad personnel was seen looking inside the vehicle and opening a passenger-side door.
By 10 a.m. Montgomery County Fire authorities said the car had been searched and cleared, with nothing suspicious found.
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