BREAKING: Two N.J. Schools Evacuated After Threats, Odor

Two separate incidents forced the evacuation of two New Jersey high schools Thursday morning.

The schools were evacuated because of a bomb threat, and because of an odor in a school cafeteria.

East Orange High School was evacuated around 10:15 a.m. because of a bomb threat, police confirmed to CBS2. The police and bomb squad were responding to the incident.

The school was given the all-clear after about an hour.

At 10 a.m., Linden High School was initially evacuated because of an unknown odor in the cafeteria, police told CBS2 and WUNF. No injuries have been reported.

Students at the New Jersey high school were then dismissed for the day after several workers fell ill, officials at Linden High School said to PIX11.

The cafeteria workers reported feeling sick Thursday morning while in their work area, which prompted staff and students to be taken to the athletic field shortly before 11 a.m.. Then, the remainder of classes were canceled, according to the report.

The incidents were causing some concern on Twitter:

• Ashley Linden high dismissed because there’s a virus
• kayla. ‏@NanaHousa Wt-- is going on at Linden High ? Why was the school evacuated?
• Shaq daddy ‏@scream1902000 something happen at linden high school
• BreakinNewz ‏@BreakinNewz01 Hazmat teams in NJ responding to Linden High School on reports of an unknown odor in the cafeteria - @KyleMazzaWUNF
• NorthJersey FireNews ‏@NJFires Linden Union Hazmat 121 W St Georges Ave FD evacuations underway at the High School. Unknown Oder inside structure