{"id":328578,"date":"2026-07-03T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328578\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:40:10","slug":"tampa-bomb-squad-safely-destroys-explosive-device-found-in-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328578\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa bomb squad safely destroys explosive device found in garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TAMPA, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; A Tampa Bomb Squad destroyed an explosive device Thursday afternoon after it was found in the garage of a home at 7201 8th Street North following the death of the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bomb squad determined the device was too unstable to transport. Crews buried it in the backyard and detonated it to render it safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/06\/30\/quieter-fourth-sarasota-burn-ban-includes-personal-fireworks-county-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/06\/30\/quieter-fourth-sarasota-burn-ban-includes-personal-fireworks-county-says\/\">A quieter Fourth? Sarasota burn ban includes personal fireworks, county says<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The device is burning underground and is expected to burn itself out in approximately one hour, according to authorities. No injuries or property damage were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The home is located on a dead-end road. Residents in the closest mobile homes at a nearby mobile home park were evacuated during the detonation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers will remain on scene until the area is completely clear.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A Tampa Bomb Squad destroyed an explosive device Thursday afternoon after it was found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135626,135627,135628,135625,135,135448,137,136],"class_list":["post-328578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-7201-8th-street-north-tampa","tag-bomb-detonation-tampa","tag-controlled-detonation-florida","tag-explosive-device-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bomb-squad","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328578","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=328578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}