A "suspicious device" found at a work site along the route of Kinder Mortan's Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) Tuesday has been "neutralized," and residents evacuated from the nearby area have been allowed to return home.
According to Sgt. Deon Cockrell of the Department of Public Safety, local, state and federal agencies were on the site at Chimney Valley Road in Blanco County.
He said residents in the "immediate" area were moved to a safe location and others were asked to shelter in place. Roads in the immediate area were closed.Cockrell said a bomb squad was called in, and residents were allowed to begin returning to their homes round 6 p.m. that day.The investigation is continuing.
