{"id":254550,"date":"2026-04-06T20:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:28:20","slug":"explosive-found-in-yard-of-sacramento-home-identified-as-live-81mm-mortar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254550\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive found in yard of Sacramento home, identified as live 81mm mortar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A live explosive was found in the yard of a Sacramento home Sunday, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCSO said North Patrol deputies responded to a possible explosive device after the homeowner\u2019s son dug in the yard and found what they thought could be \u201cunexploded ordnance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sacramento Sheriff\u2019s Explosive Ordnance Disposal was called and nearby residents were evacuated.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"511\" height=\"476\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/febc73616c28c61f75e4ef18bd803bad.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"509\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4bc13c62b4810532d83114e43ef91952.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The U.S. Air Force also responded after it was determined the item was legitimate. SCSO said the explosive was identified as a live 81mm mortar.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mortar was safely removed and destroyed without incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A live explosive was found in the yard of a Sacramento home Sunday, according to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[111005,112826,121,123,122,14683,112827],"class_list":{"0":"post-254550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-explosive-ordnance-disposal","9":"tag-north-patrol","10":"tag-sacramento","11":"tag-sacramento-headlines","12":"tag-sacramento-news","13":"tag-scso","14":"tag-unexploded-ordnance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}