Public Safety Oregon

(The Oregonian/OregonLive)

(The Oregonian/File)

Streets were closed for more than an hour near the NE 42nd Avenue Trimet station as Portland police investigated a "suspicious item," police said on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon.

A box was found chained to a pole near the Hollywood Northeast 42nd Avenue transit station, TriMet spokeswoman Roberta Altstadt said. The TriMet platform was also closed, police said. Bus lines were rerouted to avoid the area.

Police used remote explosives on the box. It did not contain any explosives, they said.

Streets were closed until about 2 p.m., police said.

Several nearby businesses were evacuated, according to social media.

Andy Ngo, who was nearby when the streets were closed, tweeted a video of people doing yoga outside as police investigated the package.

#Yoga must go on. Class continues outside as fully suited bomb squad person walks to investigate suitcase just yards away. #pdx #pdxtraffic pic.twitter.com/ZMjemjLZ8I — Andy C. Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 10, 2017

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