Police and firefighters responding to a car fire early Monday morning discovered a note, which Tufts described in a statement as “suspicious,” stating that bombs were present in about a half-dozen campus buildings, which were evacuated and searched throughout the morning. The threat was discovered after authorities responded to a car fire at 124 Professors Row, on the main campus in Medford/Somerville, about two miles north of Harvard University. Advertisement 
 
 The note, found shortly afterward hanging on a door on the side of the building, stated there were bombs in Cabot Hall, Braker Hall, Cohen Auditorium, and Tisch Library, officials said. State Police spokesman David Procopio said an investigation into the threats and the fire, and whether they were related, was ongoing, but the incident was being treated as a suspected arson. “TLC would never act in a way that would bring danger to any member of the Tufts community.” 
 
 A Massachusetts State Police bomb squad assisted in the investigation, a spokesman for the state fire marshal told The Washington Post. Tufts Senior Vice President Mary Jeka said the threat found taped to the door of campus health services Monday morning remains under investigation. “Our job is to peacefully advocate for working families, so we’re saddened by these events.” 
 
 A leader from the Tufts Labor Coalition, the student group, said it was in no way involved. Greg Berumen, a freshman, said he was hoping to take one of his last tests to help boost his final grade, but he understood the need to put the exam on hold as police investigated. “I’m ready to be done with school.” 
 
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 Dina Rudick/Globe staff Tufts University said a car fire was discovered Monday in the back of 124 Professors Row, and a note containing a bomb threat was also found near the scene. Bomb threats against Tufts probed after car fire https://t.co/TJZCKM50rr pic.twitter.com/DBpxVtmEOo — WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) May 9, 2016 
 
 The threat was found taped to the center’s door, the Boston Globe reported, citing the school and its own review of the note.
– Tufts University students who'd crammed for their last tests of the year found out they got some extra study time after a car fire and bomb threat resulted in the college shuttering multiple buildings and putting off finals Monday morning, the Boston Globe reports. "All morning activities, including final exams, are postponed," read an email sent to Medford/Somerville campus staff and students around 9:35am, asking staff to return home and students to stay inside their living quarters; the school's Twitter account has likewise been posting instructions and updates. The email added that a decision about afternoon exams would be made "pending reopening of the affected buildings," including those listed in a "suspicious" note, Tufts confirmed shortly after 6:30am Monday. The school went into postponement mode after police and fire officials checking out the reported car fire at the university's health center found the handwritten note taped to the health center's door, the Washington Post reports. The note stated there were bombs in four buildings on campus, and, per NECN, a senior VP at the school says the message made reference to the school custodial staff. The site adds it's not clear if that reference is in regard to an ongoing labor dispute between administrators and the school's custodial staff, which has been upset about a reduction in their working hours and other changes to their work duties. The janitors' union sent out a statement saying it condemned "the violent actions," while a student labor group that has supported the janitors also denied involvement. Sophomore Evan Sayles, who works for the Tufts student newspaper, was one of those students studying for finals in a residence located near the car fire when he "heard a series of loud bangs" around 4:30am, ran outside with his camera, and took pictures of the burning car and the note. (Tufts was in the news a few years back for canceling the annual Naked Quad Run.)