Facebook's Menlo Park Headquarters Was Briefly Evacuated
Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. was evacuated Tuesday evening due to a non-credible threat called into the San Francisco Police Department.
.Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. was evacuated Tuesday evening due to a non-credible threat called into the San Francisco Police Department. Police confirmed the evacuation to the San Jose Mercury News.
NOW: @MenloParkPD: non-credible threat to @facebook. Threat originally called to @SFPD. PD unsure meant for #MenloPark campus @mercnews
— Katie Nelson (@katienelson210) March 12, 2014 @facebook has just been evacuated. All employees were put on to buses. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/nAHgiRDrQm
— Scott Rates (@KRON4SRates) March 12, 2014 Police tape up in front of @facebook @kron4news pic.twitter.com/FX7sMOsFZ5
— Scott Rates (@KRON4SRates) March 12, 2014 — Scott Rates (@KRON4SRates) March 12, 2014Update 1:18 a.m.: The company's employees have been told to head home for the night.
UPDATE: @facebook advised employees to stay put, not @MenloParkPD. @facebook finally told folks to go home @mercnews
— Katie Nelson (@katienelson210) March 12, 2014 .@MenloParkPD reports ALL CLEAR at @Facebook campus in #MenloPark. "Non-credible" threat caused temporary evac.
— MercNews (@mercnews) March 12, 2014