Evacuation lifted after military ordnance found in Solvang, Calif.
Residents in more than 1,000 homes who were evacuated from a Solvang neighborhood after a military ordnance was found nearby have been allowed to return home, officials announced early Thursday.
A military ordnance was found about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Solvang’s picturesque business district in the 1600 block of Copenhagen Drive, sparking the mass evacuation. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department initiated its reverse-911 system, which called between 500 and 700 homes and businesses, including hotels, in the surrounding area ordering occupants to evacuate immediately.
By 8 p.m., authorities had expanded the evacuation zone to more than a quarter square mile, encompassing more than 1,000 homes and businesses.
Just after midnight, the bomb squad neutralized the device and lifted evacuation orders.
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