{"id":43473,"date":"2017-09-07T05:53:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T05:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43473"},"modified":"2017-09-07T05:53:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T05:53:42","slug":"at-least-1-injured-in-east-chicago-post-office-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/at-least-1-injured-in-east-chicago-post-office-blast.html","title":{"rendered":"At Least 1 Injured in East Chicago Post Office Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At Least 1 Injured in East Chicago Post Office Blast<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At Least 1 Injured in East Chicago Post Office Blast:- At least one employee suffered minor injuries Wednesday when &#8220;one, possibly two explosive devices detonated&#8221; in a post office in East Chicago, Indiana, according to an ATF spokesperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The fire department received the call of a possible explosion at the East Chicago Main Passport Post Office around 6 p.m. at 901 E. Chicago Ave., acting East Chicago Fire Department Chief Francisco Mendez said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cRight now the FBI, ATF, all the agencies are here, we\u2019re investigating,\u201d Mendez said. \u201cI can confirm there was at least one detonation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He said he could not confirm if there were any other explosions but bomb technicians were preparing to sweep the post office for more explosive devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cI cannot tell you exactly where, but it was inside and we believe it was a package,\u201d Mendez said, adding that he could not confirm what kind of device or devices were found. The Times of Northwest Indiana reported a fire official confirmed there were two pipe bombs found in the building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">There were two people, including the injured employee, inside the building when the explosion occurred, Mendez said. A third person was outside of the building &#8220;making deliveries.&#8221; He added that he believed the post office was closed for the day during the explosion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Part of Chicago Avenue was closed to traffic as emergency response vehicles with red and blue flashing lights formed a perimeter around the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Calls to the East Chicago Police Department went unanswered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/Possible-Pipe-Bomb-Explosion-Reported-in-East-Chicago-442946343.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/at-least-1-injured-in-east-chicago-post-office-blast.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Least 1 Injured in East Chicago Post Office Blast At Least 1 Injured in East Chicago Post Office Blast:- At least one employee suffered minor injuries Wednesday when &#8220;one, possibly two explosive devices detonated&#8221; in a post office in East Chicago, Indiana, according to an ATF spokesperson. 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