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Report of Pipe Bomb at Charles City Home

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Nov 19, 2008 at 5:34 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 19, 2008 at 5:34 PM CST

CHARLES CITY (AP) - State fire officials have responded to a report of pipe bomb at a Charles City home.

The homeowner, Gary Carlson, says he moved in last April and was doing some fall cleaning on Wednesday when he discovered a pipe with sealed ends and a six-inch fuse.

Officials with the state fire marshal's office say they safely removed the device and planned to take it to Winterset in central Iowa to detonate it.

Floyd County sheriff's officials say they are trying to contact the home's previous owner, who collected war era relics.

Carlson says his five teenage children used a storage box the pipe bomb was found in to do skateboarding tricks.

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