Ontario: IED believed to be on vehicle in Barrie, parking lot explodes, sparking evacuations

Police locked down and evacuated a section of Barrie, Ont., Wednesday in the city’s west end after an explosion in a parking lot. Barrie Police Services Corporate Communications Coordinator Peter Leon said the improvised explosive device (IED) is believed to have been placed on a vehicle in an Anne Street North parking lot and was detonated around 3 a.m.

Leon said the service’s Explosive Disposal Unit attended the scene and performed a ‘controlled detonation’ on a device found 10 to 12 feet away from the initial explosion around 8:30 a.m.