Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Bellingham Shopping Center Evacuated for Forgotten Pressure Cooker
The bomb squad was called in when someone found a pressure cooker a Market Basket customer left the previous day.
BELLINGHAM, MA - A pressure cooker a Market Basket customer forgot at a Bellingham shopping center prompted an evacuation and a visit from the bomb squad on Wednesday morning.
The pressure cooker was initially reported to be found strapped to the cart, but that was proved untrue.
The bomb squad found that the cooker, which was found in an alley between Market Basket and Barnes & Noble, was empty and non-hazardous, reports NECN.
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Officials told WCVB-TV that the pressure cooker was left in the carriage by accident, and that a resident came forward to say that they had accidentally left it in the cart while loading groceries.
It is unclear as to why the shopper took an unboxed pressure cooker out of the car.
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#BREAKING: Pressure cooker found in cart at Market Basket in Bellingham, Mass. https://t.co/0CLsh2oA8o
— necn (@NECN) March 16, 2016
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