These types of amateur explosives are typically made by sealing caustic chemicals inside a plastic bottle, causing the pressure inside to build up and eventually burst.
SPRINGFIELD - Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Massachusetts State Police called the city Arson and Bomb Squad for assistance after finding two soda-bottle bombs in the city's north end.
According to Dennis Leger, public information officer for the Springfield Fire Department, the team was called to the area of 47 Lowell St. near Lowell Saint Park by troopers.
"One of the soda bottles did detonate and some of the contents did get on one of the troopers," Leger said. "I'm not sure if he sought treatment or not."
These types of amateur explosives are typically made by sealing caustic chemicals inside a plastic bottle, causing the pressure inside to build up and eventually burst.
Tuesday's finding is the latest of several similar situations across the city. In late June, three similar bottle-bombs were found on Dwight Road in the city's Forest Park neighborhood.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Springfield police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355. Those who wish to remain anonymous may text a tip via a cell phone by addressing a text message to “CRIMES,” or “274637,” and then beginning the body of the message with the word “SOLVE.”