New York – Homemade Bombs Discovered One Had Exploded
November 8, 2007 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Two improvised explosive devices were found at 13 South Cedar Street in the City of Beacon on Sunday afternoon. One had exploded. Fire officials secured the second device and no one was injured.
Fire officials got the call before 3 p.m. that what appeared to be two IEDs were found. Chief Timothy Joseph and firefighters found two homemade bombs, one which had exploded and the other that was intact.
Fire and police departments secured the scene until Dutchess County Haz-Mat personnel arrived and rendered the IED and other materials at the scene safe.
Fire officials said it was determined the device was made using acidic chemical compound, aluminum foil, and a plastic soda bottle.
