{"id":327582,"date":"2026-07-02T19:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327582\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:05:09","slug":"tampa-bomb-squad-to-detonate-unstable-explosive-device-found-in-st-pete-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327582\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bomb Squad to detonate &#8216;unstable&#8217; explosive device found in St. Pete garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bomb squad plans to bury the device and detonate it underground this afternoon to render it safe.<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The Tampa Bomb Squad is set to detonate an &#8220;unstable&#8221; explosive device found in the garage of a St. Pete home.<\/p>\n<p>The device was found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/7201+8th+St+N,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33702\/@27.837225,-82.6446853,19.25z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x88c2e6a6f6061205:0x3c01bba266253e0!8m2!3d27.8373491!4d-82.6446525!16s%252Fg%252F11c0yzcsn0?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%253D%253D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">7201 8th Street N<\/a> after a homeowner passed away.<\/p>\n<p>St. Pete police called the Tampa Bomb Squad for assistance, which determined it was too unstable to transport.<\/p>\n<p>The bomb squad plans to bury the device and detonate it underground this afternoon to render it safe.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, this is a dead-end road, and nearby mobile homes will be evacuated until after the detonation is complete.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eed32429-893f-4d0d-889c-28108c386d5a_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bomb squad plans to bury the device and detonate it underground this afternoon to render it safe.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-327582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}