Chaparral investigation bears similarities to Escondido ‘house bomb’ case
By Jenny Espino, Redding Record Searchlight, Calif. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Authorities, in their fifth day of investigation, were no closer to having a target day for eliminating more than 40 pounds of explosives from the mobile home, and it said as much in a statement released this afternoon.
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Ordered evacuations and road closures remain in full effect as a team of explosive experts, who have been unable to re-enter the house, use bomb robots to try to get a complete picture of what is inside.
The investigation began when
The sheriff's office did not say whether investigators had interviewed East, and charges have not been filed. East's wife,
"Each policy would have to be looked at to see if there was a loss of use (for the property) because of the situation," Curtis said. "I represent probably 50 different insurance companies and none are going to have the exact same answer."
Curtis said part of the issue is that residents have not been allowed to return to their homes due to the threat of an explosion, and not an actual explosion.
"Obviously we've had situations where things have ignited or exploded, and that is a covered cause of loss," he said. "But in 30 years of doing this I've never had a situation like this where there's been a threat of an explosion."
As Sheriff
In that case bomb squad specialists camped out for 30 days around a one-story house in an
Agents seized explosive materials, including the kind used by
The stash of explosives was the largest ever found in
Nearby houses were evacuated during the course of the investigation, and a nearby freeway was shut down while explosives were detonated.
In all, 40 local, state and federal agencies, including the
"You can imagine being in the neighborhood," Caldwell said. "The concern is very great about the chemicals in the air."
In preparation, crews bored holes into the roof and cut down nearby grass. The freeway was shut down. Air quality monitoring stations were set up and fire engines stood by.
The fire on
"The air quality was better because the freeway was shut down," she said.
The case has been studied by law enforcement agencies at seminars and symposiums.
"These are unique situations. This is what the training goes into," Caldwell said. "
The new evacuation center at the national
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