Vehicle with gas cans causes scare

UNION SQUARE (WABC) -- A suspicious vehicle caused some concerns in the Union Square area on Thursday night.

The vehicle was parked in front of 4 Irving Place, which is Con Edison Headquarters.

A Con Edison employee called 911at 10:17 p.m. to report the vehicle as suspicious because of the two gas cans in the back seat on the floor of the 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.

Several floors of a high-rise residential building were evacuated and some streets in the area were blocked off as a precaution.

The bomb squad was called to check it out. They examined the vehicle, including blowing out the windows in a controlled explosion.

NYPD eventually contacted the owner. He does mowing and had gas cans on back floor of car. He was going to a concert in the area, police said. No malicious intent.

NYPD has reported a 30 percent jump in suspicious package and vehicles calls in the last two weeks. They receive more than 100 such calls every day.

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