Fire Department explodes suspected bomb
Grand Prairie fire investigators with the assistance of the Arlington Fire Department’s Bomb Squad exploded a suspected pipe bomb found at a City of Grand Prairie facility located in the 1400 block of Skyline Road.
Lieutenant Randy Willis, Arson Investigator, said about 8:30 a.m. Friday morning employees of the facility were cleaning up and found the device.
After investigators confirmed that it was a suspected bomb, the Arlington Fire Department’s Bomb Squad was called to the scene. The bomb squad also examined the device and later exploded it in a parking lot of the facility.
Lt. Willis said Friday morning that the investigation was just beginning and investigators are currently trying to identify the device's type.
