Broward County

Road reopens after bomb threat evacuated storage facility in Broward County, cops say

Extra Space Storage is located at 4950 N. Dixie Hwy. in Oakland Park, Florida.
Extra Space Storage is located at 4950 N. Dixie Hwy. in Oakland Park, Florida. Google Maps

A North Broward storage facility was evacuated and a nearby road was shut down on Tuesday afternoon following reports of a bomb threat, according to authorities.

At 11:10 a.m., deputies responded to a bomb threat at Extra Space Storage near the 4900 block of North Dixie Highway in Oakland Park, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said.

Northeast 11th Avenue between Prospect Road and Commercial Boulevard were closed. After 4:30 p.m., the roadway was opened as BSO’s bomb squad continued to investigate.

This bulletin will be updated.

This story was originally published May 10, 2022 at 2:12 PM.

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald
Omar is a bilingual and bicultural journalist, covering breaking news in South Florida for the Miami Herald. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras.
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