A Queens school was evacuated Wednesday amid fears that a bomb had been hidden inside the building, ready to explode, officials said.
Administrators at Public School 164 on 77th Ave. near 138th St. in Flushing pulled all the students out of the school about 11 a.m. after staffers received a threatening call that a bomb was going to go off in the next 10 minutes, officials said.
Cops were checking the building for explosives Wednesday afternoon.
In a separate incident, firefighters were called to the Queens Vocational and Technical High School on 47th Ave. near 37th St. in Long Island City at about 11 a.m. after someone claimed that a smoke bomb had been set off in the building, but no evidence that an explosive went off was found, and FDNY spokesman said.
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The Department of Education did not immediately return a request for comment.
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