(02-06) 13:18 PST EMERYVILLE -- A bomb threat Wednesday at an Emeryville office building used by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory caused a six-hour evacuation, but nothing was found, authorities said.
The bomb threat at 5885 Hollis St. was reported about 7 a.m., drawing a response by UC Berkeley and Emeryville police, Emeryville firefighters and officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The university runs the lab - whose main campus is in the Berkeley hills - under contract with the federal government.
The Emeryville building houses the lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute, according to the research center's website. The institute's mission is to "advance the development of next generation biofuels," the website says.
Police evacuated the building, called in explosive-detecting dogs and the campus bomb squad. A search found no explosive, authorities said.
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee
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