Library closes to clean bedbugs

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TULSA, Okla., July 18 (UPI) -- Tulsa, Okla., library officials called in a secret weapon Wednesday to deal with a bedbug infestation: Oklahoma's only bedbug sniffing dog, Ms. Liberty Belle.

The Tulsa Central Library was evacuated Tuesday after a library patron reported being bitten, the Tulsa World reported. Only a few chairs at the library were believed contaminated and were to be destroyed.

"This was an isolated case contained to a 1,000-square-foot area," said John Fancher, communications coordinator for the Tulsa City-County Library in a press release. "The total area of Central Library is 135,000 square feet."

Ms. Liberty Belle, the bedbug-sniffing beagle, was summoned from Norman to investigate the extent of the contamination, after which an exterminator was to be called. Library officials said the library will not reopen until the bedbugs have been expunged.