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VANCOUVER – The Nanaimo RCMP has evacuated a local high school due to a bomb threat.

Mounties say the threat was called in to the principal of Wellington High School just after 8 a.m.

Officers are on scene and have set up a containment area. Students will only be allowed back when the search is complete and the building is deemed safe, but that will be after lunch.

Wellington HS update: Mexicana Rd is closed and students told to return after lunch, Parents: PU kids near Subway or CC Mall #nanaimo — Nanaimo RCMP (@NanaimoRCMP) February 10, 2015

The public is asked to stay at least several blocks away from the school while the search is underway.

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Updates will be provided at the Nanaimo RCMP official twitter account @nanaimorcmp.