Bomb Unit Finds Dry Ice, Not Acid, in Bottles

Two devices believed to be acid bombs and left outside an Orange residence turned out to be plastic cola bottles filled with dry ice, an Orange police spokesman said.

Police, firefighters and the Orange County sheriff’s bomb unit responded to a call at 9 a.m. from residents in a house at the 400 block of West Crystal View Avenue, who found one of the devices on the front porch and another in the bed of a pickup truck, said Officer Jack Nanigian.

Initially, police suspected the devices were acid-filled bottle bombs, similar to those that exploded Tuesday at a Mission Viejo school playground and injured a 5-year-old boy. However, closer inspection revealed that the bottles were filled with dry ice, he said.

There were no injuries in the incident and no evacuations of the neighborhood. Police have no suspects and no apparent motive for the incident, Nanigian said.