News Release

NPS Rangers along with Local, State, and Federal Agencies Respond to an Improvised Incendiary Device Found on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Date: June 2, 2025

On June 1, 2025, at approximately 11:45 a.m., officers and agents from the National Park Service, Asheville Police Department’s Bomb Squad, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation along with Asheville and Riceville fire and emergency medical personnel responded to a report of a suspicious item found in a dirt pull-off on the Blue Ridge Parkway near the intersection to the Folk Art Center. The Folk Art Center was evacuated, and a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway was temporarily closed as a precaution. The item was safely removed. There are currently no known threats to the public. The National Park Service’s Investigative Services Branch is leading the ongoing investigation.

If you have any information about this incident that could help, please contact the National Park Service’s Investigative Services Branch one of three ways: by phone at 888-653-0009, online at go.nps.gov/SubmitATip, or email e-mail us.
 

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