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| Device 'goes off' at Preston Fishergate Shopping Centre | Device 'goes off' at Preston Fishergate Shopping Centre |
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| A shopping centre has been evacuated after a "suspicious" device found in a bin "went off", police have said. | A shopping centre has been evacuated after a "suspicious" device found in a bin "went off", police have said. |
| The package, which is yet to be identified, was found at about 09:10 GMT at Preston's Fishergate centre. | The package, which is yet to be identified, was found at about 09:10 GMT at Preston's Fishergate centre. |
| Lancashire Police said management decided to evacuate "as a precaution" after the device had "gone off, causing very minor damage and no injuries". | |
| An Army bomb disposal unit has gone to the centre, which has been closed to aid investigations. |