A suspicious package reported this afternoon in downtown San Francisco has been cleared and streets in the area have reopened, police said.
Police wrote on Twitter at 12:50 p.m. to alert the public about the package, which shut down the area of Market and O'Farrell streets.
People in the area were ordered to shelter in place while police investigated the package. Police said shortly after 1:40 p.m. that the package was cleared and the shelter-in-place orders had been lifted.
No other details about the incident were immediately available from police.
@SFPD pic.twitter.com/dC0OMdYZ8Y — San Francisco Police (@SFPD) October 12, 2016
@LauraGarciaCann @StephChuang @MikeyNoWay 100 block of O'Farrell blocked off due to bomb threat by Macys Bldg pic.twitter.com/7tJmsu9MDn — steven a. sanchez (@stevenasanchez1) October 12, 2016