Bomb Threat At UCLA Prompts Evacuation Of Thousands

UPDATED AT 12 A.M.: WESTWOOD, CA — Thousands of students at UCLA were evacuated due to a bomb threat affecting the dorms Wednesday night.

Residents from several UCLA residence halls were allowed back into their dorms early Thursday after a phoned-in bomb threat proved unfounded.

A threat targeting the Sunset Recreation Center was reported shortly after 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, according to an official UCLA twitter account. Campus areas that weren't under evacuation were on lockdown. Thousands of evacuated students from three dorms were ushered into Drake Stadium, KTLA reported. Several of the evacuees were tearful children who were staying on campus for summer camp programs.

Lemoine Dillon, a 19-year-old student, told the Los Angeles Times that many of the evacuees ranged from eight to 12-years-old.

"“It was really hectic cause no one really knew what to do or where we were going,” Dillon told the newspaper.

Shortly after 12:20 a.m. Thursday, the campus was given the all clear, and all residents were allowed to returned to their dorms.

Details of the emergency were not immediately available.

City News Service contributed to this report.