Family Evacuated From Cobourg Home After Finding Possible Explosive Device

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A Cobourg family were evacuated from their house after finding a possible explosive device on Saturday, June 13, 2020.

“I was downstairs clearing out some space to put some old tv’s under the stairs,” said Graeme Young.

“I pulled aside the linoleum that was rolled up and out came the cylinder.”

Young picked up the cylinder and it said it was a “distraction device” and “for use by military and police upon completion of training.”

Young said it certainly looked like an explosive device and there was no pin in the top of the cyinder.

Not knowing whether the device had been fully discharged, Young phoned police immediately and his wife and two-year-old daughter evacuated the house located on Otto Drive.

The family has been living in the home for approximately five years and believe the device was from the previous owner.

Members of the Cobourg Fire Department were also put on stand-by at the scene.

Cobourg Police contacted members of the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police along with the military.

After approximately two hours it was determined the device was not active and had been discharged previously. Police removed the device from the home for disposal.

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