One floor of the federal courthouse building in Santa Ana was evacuated Thursday afternoon due to report of a suspicious package.
Orange County Fire Authority firefighters called sheriff’s deputies to assist with a hazardous materials alert at 2:23 p.m. at the U.S. District Court at 411 W. Fourth St., sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Woodroof said. The sheriff’s department’s bomb squad responded and cleared the building about 3 p.m.
The third floor was evacuated during the incident, Woodroof said.