Suspicious package found under Church Street bridge, Hagerstown MD

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/12/2025 02:24 PM

W Church St, Hagerstown, MD 21740

Authorities found a suspicious package under the Church Street bridge in Hagerstown. They closed nearby roads and brought in bomb technicians with a robot truck to investigate. They coordinated with the railroad to manage train traffic over the bridge during the operation.

Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS - Digital

02:58

Transcript:

00:00

All right, we got a suspicious package under the bridge on Church Street.

00:10

Okay, sir. And you want the traffic shut down where again?

00:14

Let's do Walnut and Burr Hands at this point until we get a handle and possibly what's inside of this.

00:24

And we might move it to Prospect.

00:28

I have two other bomb tests coming out, FM, I believe, is D.3 and FM 20 coming in the robot truck out of BWI.

00:42

Okay, if you want to go ahead and stay here for that operation, I'll get you your engine this fell started, and we'll put it over here with you.

00:50

All right, work, thanks.

00:57

FOSCambitaine G3.

01:02

Yes.

01:05

Can you save an engine company?

01:07

Okay.

01:13

The PS2.

01:47

In the area, McPherson Street, and Church.

01:53

Stage G.4.85, Marshal.

01:55

Engine 4105 are responding.

01:57

You proceed in Alpha, 1746.

02:01

Operations, PS1.

02:07

Watch, make any 5-5.

02:13

Is the Little Caesars, the staging location or the location of the package?

02:20

Per FM.26, it advised you can stage near Little Seizers, the clearance.

02:26

Copy, thank you.

02:33

That's in point six Washington.

02:38

Okay,

02:41

sir. I can contact the railroad,

02:44

see how many trains they have coming over this bridge within the next hour.

02:49

So if we have minimal, we won't shut it down, but if they're going to be busy, we're going to have to shut train traffic down for a little bit.

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W Church St, Hagerstown, MD 21740

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