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Peoria Police Investigate Reported Bomb Threat at Illinois Industrial Site

Police in Peoria, Illinois, investigated a reported bomb threat at BioUrja Renewables, and a later CBS News report said a device had been rendered safe.

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- Police in Peoria, Illinois, were investigating a reported bomb threat at BioUrja Renewables and were urging anyone within a one-mile radius of the facility to evacuate, ABC News reported.

CBS News later reported that a bomb was found at an industrial plant in Peoria and that police said the device had been rendered safe, but that police were still searching the industrial area.

The two accounts differ in how they describe the event. The ABC News summary centers on a reported threat and a call to evacuate within a one-mile radius, while the CBS News headline describes a bomb found at an industrial plant. The CBS News headline does not name a company, and its summary does not say whether that plant is the BioUrja Renewables facility named by ABC News.

The reports do not say whether the reported threat and the device described by CBS News are the same matter. Neither summary says who made the threat or when it was received, and the ABC News summary does not say whether any evacuation was carried out.

The CBS News summary does not say how long the search of the industrial area would continue. Beyond the points summarized above, the reports available for this story contain no further details from police on the investigation.

Read together, the two reports agree that police responded to a bomb threat in Peoria and that a device had been rendered safe. They differ on the company named, the emphasis of their coverage, and whether the threat and the device are connected.

Sources: ABC News: Peoria police urge evacuations after reported bomb threat at Illinois plant; CBS News: Bomb found at industrial plant in Peoria, Illinois; rendered safe.