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The contents of a 1936 Girl Scout first aid kit caused a kerfuffle downtown on Friday that resulted in a response from the Oroville Police Department bomb squad and the closing of city streets for a short time.
Picric acid is a chemical “used as an explosive in large quantities and an antiseptic in small quantities in the past. If the chemical becomes dry, it becomes unstable and has the possibility of spontaneously combusting,” according to an Oroville Police Department press release.
The contents of a 1936 Girl Scout first aid kit caused a kerfuffle downtown on Friday that resulted in a response from the Oroville Police Department bomb squad and the closing of city streets for a short time.
(FOX40.COM) — An explosive chemical, picric acid, found in a Downtown Oroville antique shop prompted a neighborhood evacuation advisory and barricade from law enforcement. On Friday around 1:19 pm, the Oroville Police Department received a call for service regarding a possibly explosive substance in the downtown area., Native Sons of the Gold West. Police said […]
Richard Hoffmann Feb. 15, 1941 – Dec. 27, 2023 – Richard Arnold Hoffmann passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, at his […]