‘Military Ordnance’ Scare Sends Thousands Fleeing in California
More than 1,000 homes and businesses were evacuated late Wednesday after a possible unexploded bomb was found.
Crews retrieved the “potentially explosive military ordnance” just after midnight after finding it in Solvang, California.
Bomb units from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s office and the Vandenberg Air Force Base set up a perimeter of 1,500 feet around the device, which was discovered at around 3:30 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. ET).
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