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Fort Worth Gov. Buildings Temporarily Evacuated After Bomb Threat

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Update: 9:40am

A Fort Worth official says they just cleared the last building and the incident is all cleared.

Update: 9:35am

Officials say Fort Worth city hall has been given the 'all clear' after evacuation.

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW) - Several buildings in downtown Fort Worth were evacuated, including the Tarrant County courthouse, Fort Worth city hall and the Federal Courthouse over what officials were saying was a bomb threat.

According to officials, a threat was made around 7:48am of a possible bomb in "one of the court buildings."

Hundreds of employees in those buildings have been asked to go outside and keep a safe distance from the building until fire officials can deem the buildings safe to enter.

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