Bottle On Sidewalk Causes Bomb Scare (not Boston)

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Bomb squad and other public safety personnel were breathing a sigh of relief Thursday night after determining that a suspicious, old-fashioned, medicine-type bottle containing a clear liquid that was left outside a Redding business was not an explosive device.

Still, the contents had not been identified as of Thursday evening and a hazardous materials team collected the bottle to test the liquid today to determine whether it was dangerous.

A passerby reported a suspicious object on South Street between California and Market streets around 2:10 p.m. Thursday.

The parking lot was roped off, and a Shasta County sheriff's bomb squad member checked the bottle and recommended that the squad be called to investigate.

Police later cordoned off a portion of South Street, and it was determined around 6:45 p.m. that the object was not explosive.

Lt. Jerry Shearman of the Shasta County Sheriff's Department said the bomb squad, using a portable X-ray device, ruled out a possible bomb after it did not discover wires, metal or a triggering device in the bottle.

Still, its contents were a mystery.

http://www.redding.com/news/2007/feb/02/bottle-causes-bomb-scare/

We are afraid of bottles now?

LOL

is saddening.

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