Bomb threat at Whirlpool investigated

10/18/2007
BLADE STAFF

FINDLAY Hancock County Sheriff s Office is investigating a bomb threat that occurred Wednesday night at a Whirlpool Corp. facility just north of this north Hancock County city, authorities said.

Someone called Whirlpool on the phone about 11:20 p.m. and indicated that there was a bomb threat at its facility at 4901 North Main St. in Allen Township, according to the Hancock County Sheriff s Office.

A short time later, area law enforcement agents searched the facility. No bomb was found. The incident remains under investigation, sheriff s deputies said.

Findlay is about 40 miles south of Toledo.

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