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Loveland Public Library Closes Floor Due To Bedbugs

LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) - Administrators of the Loveland Public Library have shut down the second floor of the building due to the discovery of bedbugs. The bugs were found in the computer lab by staff on Thursday morning.

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A cleanup of the area got started Friday morning and no one has reported having any ill-effects since the bugs were found. It will take two to three days for the cleanup process to be completed by exterminators. The director of the library told CBS4 on Friday after that dogs will be brought in to make sure the area is clear of the bugs.

"We've got beagles that will be coming out in a couple weeks to do a nose test to see if we have any live bugs left in the area," said Diane Lapierre, the library's director. "We're all about public information and want to make sure people know what's going on here and have the facts related to it and make a decision as to how they want to use the space or not."

Lapierre believes the bugs did not make their way into their non-computer materials.

Bed bugs are nocturnal and are like mosquitoes — they feed on human blood leave itchy areas on skin they've bitten. Heat and chemicals are typically used to kill bedbugs. A trap, which uses other chemicals to attract the bugs, helps to count how many are in a room.

In 2011 bedbugs were found inside chairs in the public library in Longmont.

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