Bomb threat causes Swedish Hospital to evacuate in Mill Creek, WA

Mill Creek hospital evacuated after 'suspicious package' located in building

Authorities evacuated 21 patients inside the Swedish Hospital at Mill Creek over a "suspicious package," which was later determined to not be hazardous.

MILL CREEK, Wash. - Law enforcement gave the all-clear after the Swedish Hospital in Mill Creek was evacuated over a "suspicious package" on Tuesday.

What we know:

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office posted to Facebook about the incident at 2:45 p.m.

Authorities said 21 patients were evacuated from the hospital at 13020 Meridian Avenue South and taken to other area hospitals.

A Snohomish County Sheriff's Office bomb squad deployed a robot to investigate the suspicious package. A few hours after the hospital was evacuated, law enforcement determined the package was not a threat and gave an all-clear.

Dig deeper:

This comes after a different explosive device was discovered inside a backpack in Kent Tuesday morning.

Police said the Port of Seattle Bomb Squad neutralized and disposed of the homemade explosive after a concerned citizen brought it to the Kent Police Station. The backpack was located by a river, and no other devices were detected, Kent PD said.

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