‘All Clear’ Issued at Western Connecticut State University After Bomb Threat

The "all clear" has been given at Western Connecticut State University's main campus in Danbury after a emailed bomb threat prompted the evacuations of four buildings Friday afternoon.

School officials are calling the incident a "hoax bomb threat" and police said they did not find anything suspicious while conducting a sweep of the campus.

The message, sent from an unusual domain, named four buildings and said bombs had been placed in two of them, school officials said.

The Midtown Student Center, Newbury Hall, Haas Library and University Hall were evacuated and locked down as a result. University police and state police brought in bomb-sniffing dogs to search the area.

All buildings at the midtown and westside campuses have since returned to normal operations, according to the university.

A daycare across the street from the campus was also placed on lockdown as a precaution, according to the Danbury Patch.

There is a developing emergency situation on campus that has necessitated the evacuation of several buildings. More info coming soon.