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Bomb threat at Illinois ethanol plant forces mandatory mile-wide evacuation order
A bomb threat at an ethanol plant prompted a large-scale evacuation for an entire Illinois city Friday night as officials worked to defuse the credible threat.
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Event date
exact date
Coverage
7 outlets · 7 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Finland, United Kingdom, Georgia, Nepal, United States
English
Countries concerned
United States
Security & defense · intensity 3.3 · tone -1.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (71%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
Western 71%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 29%
Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.
In 30 seconds
- Confirmed by 7 outlets in 5 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
- Propagation: first reported by nypost.com (Finland), . 2 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.
Headline clash across the four spheres
Western
- Bomb threat at Illinois ethanol plant forces mandatory mile-wide evacuation ordernypost.com · Finland
- Device deemed ‘credible threat’ triggers evacuation around ethanol plant in Peoria, IllinoisNBC News · United States
Sino-Russian & BRICS
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Arab-Muslim world
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Global South
- Bomb found at ethanol plant in Illinois, forcing evacuations, officials sayedition.cnn.com · Nepal
- Bomb threat at Peoria, Illinois, plant prompts evacuationfox35orlando.com · Georgia
Coverage analysis
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Event sources
- Bomb threat at Illinois ethanol plant forces mandatory mile-wide evacuation ordernypost.comFinlandeFinland → United StatesEnglish
- Bomb found at ethanol plant in Illinois, forcing evacuations, officials sayedition.cnn.comNépalNepal → United StatesEnglish
- Device deemed ‘credible threat’ triggers evacuation around ethanol plant in Peoria, IllinoisNBC NewsÉtats-UnisUnited States → United StatesEnglish
- Bomb threat at Peoria, Illinois, plant prompts evacuationfox35orlando.comGeorgiaGeorgia → United StatesEnglish
- Bomb found at Illinois ethanol plant, prompting evacuationsThe GuardianRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → United StatesEnglish
- Mass evacuations after bomb found at Illinois ethanol plantThe IndependentRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → United KingdomEnglish
- Mass evacuations after bomb found at Illinois ethanol plantthe-independent.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → United KingdomEnglish