JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Police are responding to tip about a potential incendiary device in St. Augustine on Thursday afternoon. A Flagler professor told First Coast News that all main buildings on the campus have been evacuated, as well as one of the dorms. Additionally, many of the surrounding streets are closed.
There is a heavy police presence in the area between Valencia and King Street while authorities investigate. Officers received information that there was a fire or device that could start a fire in the Flagler College Library.
All roads around campus are blocked off and police have set up a command station in the parking lot on Carrera and Savilla streets.
Officials are searching the library with K9s as a safety precaution.
