MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Burger King was evacuated for several hours Tuesday after a bomb scare in southwest Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade County police said witness noticed a man with a package acting strangely inside the resturant in the 7000 block of Bird Road. The man was taken into custody, police said.
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The bomb squad was called to investigate and detonated the suspicious package without incident.
A view from Sky 10 showed a bomb squad technician enter the Burger King and walk out a few minutes later.
A portion of a nearby storage facility next to the Burger King was also evacuated.
Police closed a stretch of Bird Road, as well as the entrance and exit ramps to the Palmetto Expressway, as a precaution. The roadways have since been reopened.