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By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO | Wed Aug 1, 2012 6:26pm EDT

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The San Antonio International Airport was evacuated for about 90 minutes on Wednesday after a caller said three bombs were planted in a parking garage, but police did not find anything dangerous.

"We have cleared all sections of the parking garage," San Antonio Police spokesman Sergeant Javier Salazar said. Police were on the scene investigating.

The terminals were reopened around 4 p.m. local time. But airport officials said they believed it would take several hours for the flights to resume as scheduled because evacuated passengers have to go back through security.

"A caller reported three vehicles in a lower level of the parking garage contained bombs," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said. Bomb-sniffing dogs were sent to check the vehicles.

While the two terminals were evacuated, air conditioned city buses were brought in to keep waiting passengers cool. Temperatures at the airport reached 100 F (38 C) on Tuesday.

Airport spokesman Rich Johnson said about 1,000 people were evacuated, including employees and passengers waiting for flights.

(Reporting By Jim Forsyth; Writing by Greg McCune and Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Sandra Maler and Stacey Joyce)
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Comments (3)
AlkalineState wrote:
Has there ever been a bomb threat that resulted in an actual bombing? Seems like real bombers don’t call in a warning first. Thousand bucks says this is bullschidt just like ALL bomb threats are bullschidt.

Aug 01, 2012 4:27pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
WeAreLosingIt wrote:
if the bombs are in the parking garage, why stop planes that have already taxied out to the runway?

Aug 01, 2012 5:04pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
MarkT0605 wrote:
What sort of cretin does a thing like this? I sincerely hope they nab him and hurl the big book his way. This is serious business; it very well could’ve resulted in tragedy and has definitly caused a great deal of grief and lost time.

Aug 01, 2012 7:21pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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