Authorities ordered residents to avoid the area around Mona Lisa Apartments in New Llano on Wednesday as they conducted an investigation related to an incident that occurred on Fort Polk involving possible hazardous materials.
Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft said authorities searched the area in connection with a report about a person acting suspiciously in a Fort Polk parking lot. Craft said the person lived in the apartment complex and that the search was a “precautionary measure.”
“We are making sure that there are no hazardous materials at this location and once completed, the evacuation will be lifted,” Craft said.
According to a post on the installation’s social media page, two soldiers alerted authorities Wednesday afternoon after they noticed someone acting “in a way that made them uneasy.”
Initial reports said a homemade device containing hazardous material was inside the person’s vehicle, but Fort Polk officials were unable to confirm that information.
“The incident is under investigation,” officials declared in the social media post. “No one was harmed and there is no danger to the Fort Polk community.”
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