Austin police are reporting that there was no package explosion at a Goodwill store in Texas and that an item found earlier Tuesday night was not a bomb, but rather an incendiary device, a federal law enforcement official told CBS News. A flare was included in a bunch of donated items and as a Goodwill worker was sorting through the items in the box he was apparently burned by the flare.
Authorities believe this incident is not linked to previous package bombs that have rattled nerves in the Austin area.
A law enforcement official also said that everyone is on edge and that nobody would have thought twice about this incident if it weren't for the latest headlines about bombings in Texas.
Austin authorities said earlier that they were responding to another report of an explosion Tuesday night in Texas.
The Austin area has been hit by a string of bombings since March 2 that has killed two people and wounded four others seriously.
More at CBSNews.com.