NPS: ‘Incendiary device’ under investigation after Blue Ridge Parkway evacuation Sunday | WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway was temporarily closed on Sunday after the discovery of an “improvised incendiary device,” according to a news release issued Monday from the National

Park Service.

The device, officials said, was found near the Folk Art Center in east Asheville. The center was evacuated and the device was safely removed, the Park Service said, adding that the NPS

Investigative Services Branch is leading an investigation into the incident.

“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 National Park Service said in Monday’s release.

“There are currently no known threats to the public,” the Park Service said.

The Folk Art Center is run through a partnership among the National Park Service, the Southern Highland Craft Guild and the Appalachian Regional Commission.