All-clear given after bomb threat prompts evacuation of KABC

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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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GLENDALE, CA -- Police have given the all-clear after several buildings in Glendale, including ABC7 Chicago's sister station KABC, were evacuated because of a bomb threat Wednesday afternoon.

A man called police at 1:52 p.m. to say that there were several bombs in the KABC building at 500 Circle Seven Drive. Shortly after, the evacuations began.

KABC broadcasted Eyewitness News at 4 p.m. from a lawn a few blocks away while officers swept the building with bomb-sniffing dogs.

The all-clear was given around 4:30 p.m., and employees were allowed back in.

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