A police spokesman said this had caused the "device to initiate [which] resulted in part of the package burning". The building was evacuated but there were no injuries.
EVACUATED: Police are responding to reports of suspect packages in Scotland (Pic: DS). Police Scotland said in a statement: “We received a report of a suspicious package having been received at a business premises on Princes Street at around 12.30pm today.
A 100m cordon has been placed around the University of Essex, which has suspended all lectures.. Essex Police said it received a call about a suspicious package in the university’s Colchester campus. Hundreds of students and staff were evacuated and are waiting anxiously outside the cordon.