ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A suspicious package found in a neighborhood believed to be an incomplete explosive turned out to just be a delivery item which dropped from a truck.
An investigation started around 7 a.m. Thursday along Ada Dr. near Maple Hill Ave. in Ada Twp. for a call about an unknown package spotted on the walking trail. The Kent County Sheriff's Office believed it contained an object that resembled a chemically driven bomb, commonly called a "Drano bomb".
The Michigan State Police bomb squad was called in to remove and dispose of the package. It turns out the box wrapped in black plastic was just an online order that dropped from a delivery service.
Drano bombs use Drano, water, tin foil, and other ingredients to create a gas that can build to explosive pressure in a capped bottle. That explosion could have enough force to potentially sever fingers and send boiling hot liquid into a person's face. Devices are often left in mailboxes or yards, with victims picking them up to throw away, only to have the bottle explode in their hands.
Thankfully this time around, there was no danger.
An earlier version of this article stated the package was an incomplete bomb. The Kent County Sheriff's Office later provided updated information, including that there was no explosive potential for the item.
