DEARBORN (WWJ) - Police said a hoax forced Ford Motor Company to stop production and evacuate employees at its Dearborn truck plant on Wednesday afternoon.
Dearborn police Chief Issa Shahin told The Detroit News that officers were at the Ford Rouge Complex off Miller Road for roughly two hours due to a bomb threat.
K-9 units canvassed the area for explosives, covering over 2.6 million square feet, but police turned up empty-handed.
Shahin said the search was completed around 8 p.m. Wednesday evening and employees were allowed back into the building.
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"The plant is back at full operations," he said to The Detroit News.
One worker told WWJ on Wednesday that employees were told to stay in their cars and vacate the entire facility, including where Ford builds the new F-150 Lightning, because of the threat.
Assembly lines at the plant were back up shortly after authorities determined the bomb threat was fake.
According to Ford, the Rouge Complex employs 4,400 workers.
The Rouge Plant currently produces the 14-generation 2021 Ford F-150, including its first ever fully electric pickup truck.
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