{"id":328054,"date":"2026-07-03T04:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328054\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:30:36","slug":"unstable-explosive-device-found-in-st-pete-garage-tampa-bomb-squad-called-to-detonate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328054\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unstable&#8217; explosive device found in St. Pete garage; Tampa Bomb Squad called to detonate it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tampa Bomb Squad detonated an &#8220;unstable&#8221; explosive device found in the garage of a St. Pete home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:7201 8th Street N;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;7201 8th Street N&quot;}\" class=\"link \">7201 8th Street N<\/a> after a homeowner passed away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">St. Pete police called the Tampa Bomb Squad for assistance, which determined it was too unstable to transport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Thursday afternoon, the bomb squad buried the device to let it burn out safely underground. No injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nearby mobile homes were temporarily evacuated while police were at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bomb Squad detonated an &#8220;unstable&#8221; explosive device found in the garage of a St. Pete home.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[95142,202,204,203,199,201,200,135448],"class_list":["post-328054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-explosive-device","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bomb-squad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328054","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=328054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}