{"id":327649,"date":"2026-07-02T19:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327649\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:51:32","slug":"explosive-device-found-inside-st-pete-home-tampa-bomb-squad-plans-detonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327649\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive device found inside St. Pete home, Tampa Bomb Squad plans detonation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 An explosive device detonation is planned to take place after a homeowner passed away and the device was found in the garage, according to St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD).<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Bomb Squad has responded to the home at 7201 8th Street North, and officials determined the device was too unstable to transport. <\/p>\n<p>According to St. Pete police, the bomb squad will bury the device in the backyard this afternoon and detonate it to render it safe. <\/p>\n<p>The location of the planned detonation is a dead-end road. The closest homes at a nearby mobile home park will be evacuated until after the detonation, SPPD said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ANNETTE.GUTIERREZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida law now requires restaurants to disclose fees upfront<\/p>\n<p>Starting July 1, Florida restaurants must disclose all fees \u2014 including service charges and credit card surcharges \u2014 before customers order.<\/p>\n<p>Florida restaurants are now required to disclose added fees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 An explosive device detonation is planned to take place after a homeowner passed away&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[135320,5953,135321,95142,596,107032,202,204,203,199,201,200,5910,3670,208],"class_list":["post-327649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-7201-8th-street-north","tag-bomb","tag-dynamite","tag-explosive-device","tag-pinellas-county","tag-pinellas-news","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327649","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=327649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}