3:02 p.m. update: A suspicious package that prompted authorities to evacuate the lower level of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Wednesday turned out to be an empty cooler.

The cooler resulted in a bomb squad response and evacuation that lasted less than an hour.

12:49 p.m. update: Austin police have cleared the lower level of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after investigating a suspicious package on Wednesday afternoon.

Police said travelers are being allowed back into the area, but could not immediately say what investigators found inside the package.

EARLIER: Austin police are responding to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after receiving reports of a suspicious package.

Passengers wait outside after being evacuated from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after police received reports of a suspicious package in the lower level of the terminal.

Tamir Kalifa/American-Statesman Staff

Police said APD’s bomb squad is headed to the airport to investigate, but additional information on the package was not immediately available.

Airport spokesman Derick Hackett said the lower level baggage claim area of the airport has been evacuated as a precaution, but travelers have been allowed to remain inside on the upper level.

Hackett said the number of people who had been evacuated was not immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back soon for more details.