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Military-Style Device Forces Evacuation In Canon City

CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Some residents of Canon City were forced to evacuate for several hours after some kind of military-style device was found in the Arkansas River.

Police say the cylindrical device found Sunday had a fuse but not a warhead.

Canon City Device (CREDIT Canon City Record)
(credit: Canon City Record)

Residents of 19 homes were told to evacuate at around 8:30 p.m. A team from Fort Carson and the Pueblo bomb squad detonated the device just after midnight and residents were allowed to return.

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