Portion of Lakewood temporarily evacuated after possible pipe bomb
<p>A portion of Lakewood was evacuated Tuesday after a worker at a recycling center found what was thought to be a pipe bomb.</p>
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Mar 28, 2018, 4:18 PM
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Updated 2,367 days ago
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A portion of Lakewood was evacuated Tuesday after a worker at a recycling center found what was thought to be a pipe bomb.
After a couple of hours, the “all clear” was given, and the recycling center was reopened around 10:15 p.m.
The item in question turned out to be a device used for flares or fuses -- and was made in the late-1960s.
It's not known how it got to the recycling center, but it is believed that it was brought there in the last week or so.
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