Police are looking for the person or persons who attempted to detonate an explosive device at the intersection of Ninth and Elm streets at about 2:36 p.m. on Monday.
“Neighbors suspect that it was thrown out of a vehicle,” Police Chief Bob Burford said. The device appeared to be a one-liter plastic bottle with fuel inside. Firecrackers of some type were wrapped in the device. Apparently the fuel ignited, but the firecrackers did not.
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