Los Angeles County Sheriff’s bomb squad deputies detonated a suspicious object found Monday afternoon in downtown Long Beach.

Police dispatchers informed officers of the suspicious object about 1 p.m. Monday, police spokeswoman Marlene Arrona said in an email. The object was found in the 200 block of Pine Avenue.

Officers requested assistance from the bomb squad and shut down nearby streets to traffic. The closures had been lifted as of shortly after 3:30 p.m.

The closures prevented access to Pine Avenue between Broadway and Third Street. Officers also closed Broadway between Pine and Pacific avenues before deputies blew up the object.

Bomb squad deputies detonated the object at the scene, according to Arrona. She did not release a description of object.

The case is still under investigation.

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