{"id":460610,"date":"2026-02-10T18:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460610\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:20:08","slug":"homes-evacuated-in-the-villages-neighborhood-over-possible-explosive-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460610\/","title":{"rendered":"Homes evacuated in The Villages neighborhood over possible explosive devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">THE VILLAGES, Fla. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Crime\/\">Evacuations are underway<\/a> in a neighborhood in The Villages after possible explosive devices were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The incident is taking place Tuesday near Yucatan Way off Morse Boulevard, west of U.S. 441 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Sumter_County\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Sumter_County\/\">Sumter County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Sumter County Sheriff\u2019s Office posted on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scsoflorida\/posts\/pfbid0bRCgXxUqphJwBjhV16owvfGJfzEdSnpQ7cdNxrDxbyJaFUfxhioGRVnJv1wjYbGel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scsoflorida\/posts\/pfbid0bRCgXxUqphJwBjhV16owvfGJfzEdSnpQ7cdNxrDxbyJaFUfxhioGRVnJv1wjYbGel\"> Facebook<\/a> that someone reported \u201cwhat appears to be explosive devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cOut of an abundance of caution, homes in the immediate area are being evacuated while these items are safely removed from the home,\u201d the post stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s office said the bomb squad has been called to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No other details, including a description of the devices, have been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[FLASHBACK VIDEO BELOW: Sinkholes threaten homes in The Villages]<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE VILLAGES, Fla. \u2013 Evacuations are underway in a neighborhood in The Villages after possible explosive devices were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,3071,2808,451,3,214955,214956,452,453,214957],"class_list":{"0":"post-460610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sumter-county","15":"tag-the-villages","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-topstories","18":"tag-yucatan-way"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}