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UPDATE: Explosive device safely detonated

AN EXPLOSIVES Ordinance Response Team was called to Calavos where an explosives device was located last night.

ON SCENE: An Explosives Ordinance Response Team is on scene in Calavos where an explosive device was found last night. Picture: Jarrard Potter
ON SCENE: An Explosives Ordinance Response Team is on scene in Calavos where an explosive device was found last night. Picture: Jarrard Potter

UPDATE: An explosive device found in Calavos last night has been safely detonated without issue. 

A police spokesman said components of the device have been taken to the Bundaberg Police Station and investigations are continuing into the incident. 

EARLIER: 

AN EXPLOSIVES Ordinance Response Team is currently on scene at on Fallons Rock Rd Calavos where an explosives device was located last night.

The device, possibly a pipe bomb, was located at about 8.45pm and the team from Rockhampton travelled to Bundaberg to diffuse the device. 

A police spokesman said the team is currently in the process of detonating and disposing the device. 

He said no one is in danger and residents in the area have been notified. 

More to come.

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