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IED in storage locker

UPDATE: 10 p.m.

Vancouver police it was an "improvised explosive device" that was found in a Mount Pleasant storage locker.

Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham said the device was large enough it could have done significant damage to the building or anyone inside.

"Our focus right now is to determine exactly how that explosive device ended up in that storage locker, who placed it there, and any other information we can find in regards to that storage locker," Fincham told CTV.

The building was evacuated, and officers closed off an entire city block as a precaution.

A remote-control robot disabled the device with targeted water charges that witnesses said sounded like explosions

Police are still trying to determine who the storage unit belongs to.


UPDATE: 1:45 p.m.

Police are continuing to investigate after explosives were found inside a Vancouver storage locker.

VPD explosive technicians were called to Guardian Storage, where they examined the contents of the locker.

The storage facility and adjacent residential and commercial units were evacuated while the suspected explosive devices were disabled, using a robot.

Several explosions were heard in the neighbourhood.

The Vancouver Police Major Crime Section continues its investigation.


ORIGINAL: 6:25 a.m.

Several loud explosions were heard in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood late Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, police evacuated a building near 7th Avenue and Columbia Street after the discovery of possible explosives was reported to authorities.

The explosives were found in a storage locker.

The RCMP's Emergency Response Team and a bomb squad was called to the scene to investigate the suspicious materials.

Witnesses told CTV News a remote-controlled robot was also being used.

Police evacuated the building and have yet to confirm the nature of the discovery.

– with files from CTV Vancouver



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