Video taking off 17x its usual first day

Bomb at Peoria ethanol plant forces thousands to evacuate

Fox News reports that technicians made the package safe, but police had not declared the surrounding plant area safe.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,308,443 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (76,917).

Bomb discovered at ethanol plant sparks THOUSANDS of evacuations

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Making the bomb package safe did not mean residents could return. That distinction is at the center of Fox News' report on evacuations around the BioUrja ethanol plant in Peoria, Illinois.

Reporter Chanley Painter describes a one-mile evacuation zone affecting both Peoria and East Peoria. A map shows the circle extending across the Illinois River, making clear why the emergency reached residents in both cities.

In footage from an earlier police briefing, Peoria Police Chief Brad Dixon confirms that bomb technicians rendered the package safe. He then adds: "The area of BioUrja has not been rendered safe."

The short report passed a million views within roughly sixteen hours, drawing an audience far above the channel's usual start for Shorts. Its central public-safety message comes through a recorded statement from Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen, who urges people within the evacuation zone to leave.

Painter says local officials planned another briefing that afternoon. At the police briefing included in the report, Dixon declined to comment on suspects.

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