A California neighborhood was locked down Sunday after a stash of mysterious bottles and cans plastered with \u201cbiohazard\u201d warnings and \u201ctop secret\u201d markings sparked a bomb squad response.<\/p>\n
The suspicious containers were discovered near Castellanos Drive and Vandegrift Boulevard in Oceanside\u2019s North Valley neighborhood at around 10:15 a.m., according to Fox 5.<\/p>\n
The Oceanside Fire Department dispatched a hazmat team to investigate the find before calling in the San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Bomb\/Arson Unit as a precaution.<\/p>\n
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Biohazard-marked cans and bottles prompt a bomb squad response near Castellano Drive and Vandegrift Boulevard in Oceanside. Fox 5<\/p>\n
The cans and bottles were marked with biohazard warnings, wrapped with caution tape and had the words \u201ctop secret\u201d written on them, officials said.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews established a perimeter around the items while hazmat specialists and sheriff\u2019s officials worked to determine what was inside.<\/p>\n
Authorities shut down Vandegrift Boulevard between Castellanos Drive and East Parker Street as the investigation unfolded.<\/p>\n
A California neighborhood was locked down Sunday after a stash of mysterious bottles and cans plastered with \u201cbiohazard\u201d warnings and \u201ctop secret\u201d markings sparked a bomb squad response. Google Maps<\/p>\n
Residents in the 700 block of Arthur Avenue and the 4900 block of El Mirlo Drive were also told to shelter in place during the response, Fox 5 reported.<\/p>\n
The shelter-in-place order has been lifted, but authorities have not said when the road will reopen.<\/p>\n
The suspicious containers were discovered near Castellanos Drive and Vandegrift Boulevard in Oceanside\u2019s North Valley neighborhood at around 10:15 a.m., according to Fox 5. Google Maps<\/p>\n
Officials revealed there is no longer an explosive hazard threat, but have not yet confirmed whether the containers hold an explosive or hazardous substance.<\/p>\n
No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing, with authorities urging the public to avoid the area and follow instructions from emergency crews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California neighborhood was locked down Sunday after a stash of mysterious bottles and cans plastered with \u201cbiohazard\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,32525,4182,236,74,76,75,3586],"class_list":["post-462985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-lockdown","tag-metro","tag-police","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462985","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=462985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}