An explosive device was found near the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority station on Talmage Road Wednesday afternoon, the UVFA reported.
Battalion Chief Ryan Nelson said that someone removing weeds near the station at 1300 Talmage Road on April 30 found something in the grass that did not look safe and brought it to Nelson’s attention.
When inspecting the device, Nelson said he could see a fuse attached and recognized it as an “improvised explosive device,” as UVFA personnel have seen many such devices while responding to calls for service.
“I notified the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad and sent them a picture,” Nelson said, explaining that after confirming that the device definitely appeared to be a bomb, personnel with the SCSO Bomb Squad responded to the station to safely dispose of it.
Nelson said the SCSO personnel deployed a robot to pick up the device and move it a safe distance away from anyone who could be harmed. The device, which was most certainly an explosive, was then safely detonated.
Though Nelson described the incident as “very scary,” Battalion Chief Eric Singleton said that the UVFA “has not received any threats and we do not believe we were targeted, as there is no evidence to suggest that at this point.”
Singleton described the bomb as being found not on UVFA property, but rather in a ditch alongside Talmage Road that is “in between the station property and the road.”
When asked how long the device may have been in the grass, Nelson said he could not guess, only noting that “the device had duct tape on it which was not well-weathered from the sun,” so the device was not extremely old.
When asked if there were any cameras that could help identify when and how the device was placed there, UVFA staff said that the official investigation is being handled by the California Highway Patrol in conjunction with other local law enforcement agencies.
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