UPDATE: BREAKING NEWS: Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation of Stamford High

Updated: 1:55 p.m.

A telephone bomb threat has prompted the evacuation of Stamford High School.

The Strawberry Hill Avenue campus was ordered emptied by authorities after the call was received shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to The Advocate.

Because the incident occurred close to dismissal time, all students were dismissed early and buses brought in to transport them.

Original story: 1:29 p.m.

A threatening phone call reportedly has prompted the Tuesday afternoon evacuation of Stamford High School.

Stamford Police tell The Advocate that a threatening phone call was received by the central office shortly before 1 p.m.

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The department’s bomb squad is on the scene and students will be boarding buses instead of waiting in the cold.

Check back for updates.

The Advocate story can be found here.

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