A suspect is in custody following an explosion Monday in Odessa, Missouri, caused by an improvised explosive device. On Monday morning, first responders were dispatched to the 200 block of E. Otway Street in Odessa on reports of a natural gas explosion.
Officials from the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office and Spire, Inc. responded and determined that natural gas was not the cause of the explosion. Additional resources from federal, state and local law enforcement eventually revealed that “chemicals associated with an improvised explosive device caused the explosion.”
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Source: KSHB News
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