Calgary police have lifted an evacuation order for several blocks of the city’s Manchester industrial park after some dangerous chemicals discovered outside a local business earlier this week were successfully removed.

In an emailed update, issued around 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, police said all the hazardous materials have been transported to a safe location where they will be destroyed.

The CPS bomb disposal started conducting small, controlled explosions of the material, identified as picric acid, behind a large gravel berm on a nearby street Wednesday afternoon.

CPS said the controlled detonations will continue Thursday “with minimal disruption to the public.”

The area was ordered evacuated after emergency crews were called out Tuesday to reports of a suspicious package outside a bus

See Full Page