Area Evacuated After Bomb Found
El Cajon police evacuated a motel and nearby residences during the weekend after a crude bomb was discovered, authorities said.
The sheriff’s arson and bomb squad was summoned to the Budget 6 Motel in the 500 block of Montrose Court about 3:30 p.m. Saturday to disarm the bomb, a small jar filled with gunpowder with a fuse sticking out of it, police said.
The bomb, apparently made with a cosmetics jar, was about an inch tall and 1 1/2 inches in diameter, police said.
No one was injured, police said, and they had no suspects.
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