Police evacuated a dormitory at Gallaudet University Wednesday morning after finding what they believed to be bomb-making supplies, the Associated Press reported.
A maintenance worker found six boxes of fertilizers and pesticides in an air duct in an unoccupied dorm room, fire department spokesman Alan Etter told the AP.
About 100 students were evacuated from Ballard Hall-North and Ballard Hall-East, The Washington Post reported.
A spokesman for D.C. Fire and Emergency Management told the Post that the reaction was appropriate, particularly given heightened security concerns around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
There are many reasons a previous occupant of the dorm room could have had the pesticides and fertilizer, including growing marijuana, Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Patrick Burke told the Post.
-CAROLYN PHENICIE
