Crisis averted

A gas station bomb threat that closed a section of the Skyway for three hours ended up being a false alarm.

Saturday evening (Aug. 4), a man walked into the Valero gas station market at 1199 Skyway and told the clerk to call the police because he had a bomb in his car. He then left and was seen getting onto a B-Line bus.

Police arrived around 6:30 p.m. and noticed the car was parked next to a large propane tank and had its doors, hood and trunk open. Nearby businesses were evacuated, and the Skway and Bruce Road intersection was closed.

The Butte County Inter-Agency Bomb Squad eventually determined there were no explosives, and the man who reported the false threat was admitted to Enloe Medical Center on a 72-hour psychiatric hold.