Caterpillar facility in Clayton evacuated due to bomb threat

Fire and police were called Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, to Caterpillar Logistics, located at 6611 Hoke Road, after a the company received the threat via an anonymous phone call around 11:11 a.m., the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center reported. The building was evacuated as police responded to investigate. Around 1 p.m., workers were seen re-entering the building. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF

Fire and police were called Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, to Caterpillar Logistics, located at 6611 Hoke Road, after a the company received the threat via an anonymous phone call around 11:11 a.m., the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center reported. The building was evacuated as police responded to investigate. Around 1 p.m., workers were seen re-entering the building. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF

Canine crews responding to the Caterpillar facility in Clayton after the company received a bomb threat Monday morning.

Caterpillar Logistics, located at 6611 Hoke Road, received the threat via an anonymous phone call around 11:11 a.m., the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center reported..

The building was evacuated as police responded to investigate. Around 1 p.m., workers were seen re-entering the building.

A 911 caller told dispatch the threat claimed the bomb was in the building, according to dispatch records.

“They called and there was a little mumbling the first time,” the 911 caller said. “Then the second time they said, ‘You need to get out of the building; there’s a bomb in there.’”

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Dayton International Airport sent K-9 teams to the facility, according to dispatch logs.

We are working to learn more and will update this story as details are available.

Caterpillar employees were evacuated from their plant in Clayton after a possible bomb threat was called in Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF

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