Stray backpack panics Georgetown

Published July 2, 2007 4:00am ET



A stray backpack locked down a chunk of Georgetown over the weekend, leading to forced evacuations of restaurants and the cordoning off of several key streets.

Firefighters were passing by the Georgetown Park mall about 9 p.m. Saturday when they saw the abandoned pack on the sidewalk outside of an H & M clothing store.

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