SAN DIMAS : 12 Homes Evacuated After Bomb Found in Mailbox
A dozen homes were evacuated after a postal carrier found two pipes packed with explosives in a mailbox Monday afternoon in San Dimas, sheriff’s deputies said.
The pipe bombs were discovered about 12:15 p.m. at Belleview and Gladstone streets.
A sheriff’s explosives team removed the explosives and detonated them. Residents were allowed to return to their homes about two hours after the discovery.
About half a mile away, a fake pipe bomb was found in a residential mailbox on San Dimas Avenue.
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