All-clear given after suspicious device found at Fargo intersection

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – The Fargo Police Department says there is no threat to the public after investigating a possible explosive device in the area of Broadway and Main Ave. in downtown Fargo on Thursday afternoon.

At about 1 p.m., Fargo Police were advising residents in the area to shelter in place others to avoid the area while they secured the intersection.

Members of the Red River Valley Bomb Squad were dispatched to the scene and determined the pressure cooker found near the intersection was not an explosive device.

The shelter-in-place order was lifted just after 2 p.m.