After the National Zoo was evacuated Tuesday over a reported bomb threat, D.C. police said a “precautionary sweep” of the area turned up no “hazardous materials.”
Police gave the all-clear shortly before 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, more than two hours after the zoo was evacuated.
Police said the Smithsonian National Zoo in Northwest D.C. received the bomb threat at 10:42 a.m. Police got the call about the threat at 11:09 a.m., and visitors and staff were evacuated out of an abundance of caution.
During the sweep, roads around the zoo were closed.
A stretch of Connecticut Avenue Northwest directly in front of the zoo from Cathedral Avenue to about Devonshire Place was closed for the investigation.
The zoo the zoo will remain closed Tuesday and reopen Wednesday.
