A suspicious package at the Estes Rockets factory in Penrose that turned out to be poorly packaged electronics prompted an evacuation of a 3-mile radius on Wednesday.

Employees at Estes Rockets put a ticking box outside, left the area and called the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office around 10:30 a.m., according to a press release from FCSO sent Wednesday night.

Colorado State Patrol closed Highway 50 from Highway 115 east to R Street and deputies closed surrounding streets. People within a 3-mile radius of the company got a reverse 911 call ordering evacuation.

Estes Rocket employees and other evacuees were sent to the Florence Elementary School. Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad used a mini-Andros robot to investigate the package and rendered it safe after discovering it contained “poorly packaged electronic items that had turned on during transit causing the ticking noise.”

Evacuation orders were lifted shortly after 1 p.m. and all roads were opened.