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No hazard at Pulse nightclub after suspicious suitcase found

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Traffic around a Florida gay nightclub that was the site of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was closed for a short time as firefighters examined a suspicious package.

But it reopened Friday morning after bomb squad investigators determined that it was a suitcase with nothing harmful inside.

The Orlando Fire Department tweeted that no hazard was found.

Businesses around Pulse nightclub were evacuated for a short time as a precaution.

The one-year mark of the Pulse nightclub massacre is nearing, and commemorative events at the nightclub are taking place in less than two weeks.

Forty-nine people were killed and dozens more were injured after gunman Omar Mateen started shooting inside the packed nightclub last June 12.

Mateen was killed in a shootout with police.