Rochester police and firefighters closed off a section of Ridgeway Avenue Monday night after a citizen reported smelling gasoline around a vacant brick building.

Firefighters entered the building at 401 Ridgeway and found what a spokeswoman called “unknown devices.” They called in the RPD’s bomb squad and police directed neighbors to shelter in place.

The bomb squad sent a robot into the building and police were trying to contact the building’s owner Monday night.

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