A Lauderhill Fire Rescue station has been evacuated and a nearby elementary school is on lockdown after a woman entered the station's lobby with possible explosive material.
According to the fire department, the woman entered the station with a substance in her hand and told officials that she had bomb making material.
In a tweet, Lauderhill Fire Rescue says containers filled with possibly shaved magnesium, liquid glycerine and pottassium nitrate were brought into the lobby of Lauderhill fire station 57.
#Lauderhill #Breaking containers containing possibly shaved magnesium, liquid glycerine (TNT) and potassium nitrate was brought inside the lobby of fire station. Entire headquarters evacuated and 97 students and staff from Royal Palm Elementary are on lockdown. FBI is in route.
— Lauderhill Fire PIO (@LauderhillFDPIO) October 1, 2019
Along with evacuating headquarters, nearby Royal Palm Elementary was placed on lockdown, the tweet goes on to say.
Officials say the FBI is in route.
