Bomb threat prompts mandatory evacuation order in one-mile radius in and near Peoria, Illinois

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date Nov. 13, 2026, 10 p.m.
Last Updated Nov. 13, 2026, 10 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/peoria-bomb-threat-mandatory-evacuation-order-biourja-renewables/

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Police have issued a mandatory evacuation order for a large section of Peoria and neighboring East Peoria in central Illinois, as they investigate a bomb threat at an ethanol and alcohol production plant. Anyone who lives or works within one mile of the BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria was ordere...