Bellevue Police's bomb squad assisted Kirkland in disposing of inert explosives found Wednesday morning at an abandoned house along 120th Avenue NE in Kirkland, the Kirkland police reported.
There was no danger to the public, said Kirkland Police Department spokesman Lt. Mike Murray, but the house next door was evacuated as a precaution and 120th Avenue was closed.
Maintenance workers at the adjacent city cemetery spotted the material, in packaging labeled as explosives, and police arrived just after 8 a.m. May 22. The Bellevue bomb squad was called in and determined the substance was inert and that another substance necessary to make it explosive was not present, Kirkland police said.
You can get more details on the incident at Kirkland Patch.
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