Firework sparks alert at Royal Mail
The Royal Mail sorting office on Tomb Street in Belfast was briefly evacuated on Friday after a parcel containing a firework went off.
Police received reports of a suspicious object at the city centre premises at around 11am.
Workers were evacuated as the army bomb squad carried out investigations. Six fire engines also attended the scene.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “We can confirm that Royal Mail House in Tomb Street, Belfast was briefly evacuated at 11.00am this morning after a small packet containing a firework went off in the National Returns Centre.”
No-one was injured in the incident.
Police have asked anyone with further information to contact detectives.
A separate bomb scare in the Ravenhill Road area of the city has also ended.
Army technical officers carried out examinations on a suspicious device found outside a property on London Street in south Belfast at 7am.
A number of items have been taken away for further testing. Families from evacuated homes in the area have been allowed to return and cordons have been lifted.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on the incident to come forward.
