Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata was under a short lockdown late Saturday morning after someone called in a bomb threat, David Neal, chief executive of the hospital, confirmed with the Outpost this afternoon. 

The threat occurred at about 11:55 a.m., Neal said, when the hospital received a call from a female voice saying that there was a bomb inside of the hospital. Following standard protocol, the hospital informed all employees, contacted the police department and went into immediate lockdown until the police arrived to deal with the situation. 

Once the Arcata Police Department arrived, it was pretty quickly determined that there was no bomb and the lockdown was lifted after only about 25 or 30 minutes, Neal said. Neal also said that the police were able to identify the person who had called in the threat. But whether or not an arrest was made in unclear.

The Outpost‘s call to APD have not yet been returned. We’ll update when we know more.