Pipe Bomb Found at Small Brush Fire
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On June 18, 2018, at about 1:30 p.m., firefighters with the United States Forest Service (USFS) located a detonated pipe bomb while attempting to suppress a small brush fire in the area of the Ullathorne boat ramp near Orleans. Firefighters evacuated the area and notified the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center, advising the possibility of other pipe bombs in the area.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team was dispatched to the scene and confirmed the detonated pipe bomb was no longer a threat. Deputies were unable to locate additional bombs in the area. It is unknown at this time if the detonated pipe bomb started the brush fire. The fire was successfully suppressed by USFS firefighters.
Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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Public service announcement. It’s all fun and games until your pipe bomb kills you. You don’t get a do over, you’re dead.
http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/56497-clearlake-man-killed-by-pipe-bomb
Natural selection. If you are dumb enough to play with fire I do not mind if you get burned! Or blown up!
You can however get a Darwin Award for removing yourself from the Gene Pool!!! Bad thing about Darwin Awards is they are issued posthumously after the fact!!!
Where did you get it was his pipe bomb? What I read is that they did not think he was making them. Maybe he was just unfortunate victim. Remember when they were doing the bleach mail box bombs? Not all pipe bombs need a fuse and without knowing the components or what type, aren’t you making quite an assumption?
Amen and if you are that stupid, good riddance before some innocent Adult or Child is maimed or killed.
Seriously?! As if we don’t have enough problems….
What the heck! Gut wrenching to read this.