“A bomb was found at an ethanol plant in central Illinois on Friday, officials said, sparking an investigation involving the FBI and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby. Police said the bomb was found at the BioUrja Renewables facility, an industrial estate in Peoria, a city of 110,000. “We know it’s a”, — write on: www.cnn.com
A bomb was found at an ethanol plant in central Illinois on Friday, officials said, sparking an investigation involving the FBI and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby.
Police said the bomb was found at the BioUrja Renewables facility, an industrial estate in Peoria, a city of 110,000.
“We know it’s a credible threat. We know it’s a bomb,” Peoria Mayor Rita Ali said late Friday, adding that it was not known if there were other devices at the scene.
Bomb threats are not uncommon in the United States, but they usually turn out to be “illegitimate,” according to Peoria Police Chief Brad Dixon. “This is not the case here. We found a credible package there deemed to be a threat… We’re not considering this a hoax,” he said in a news conference Saturday morning.
Authorities determined a one-mile blast radius, and emergency responders evacuated more than 5,000 residents and workers as a precaution, officials said.