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| Bomb threat report briefly shuts down Patrick Air Force base in Florida | Bomb threat report briefly shuts down Patrick Air Force base in Florida |
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| Parts of Patrick Air Force Base in central Florida were evacuated amid a bomb scare that ultimately turned out to be a false alarm. The 'all-clear' was issued around an hour after the initial report. | |
| The bomb threat was reported around 3pm and saw the base security personnel, fire department and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) investigating the tip-off for about an hour before the all-clear was given. | |
| It came just hours after a shooter at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida killed three people and injured eight more, before being killed in a shootout with police. | |
| Patrick AFB is located just south of the principal US space launch facility at Cape Canaveral, on Florida’s eastern shore. | Patrick AFB is located just south of the principal US space launch facility at Cape Canaveral, on Florida’s eastern shore. |
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