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Official: Man drops off explosives at Phoenix fire station

Jun 24, 2013, 6:59 PM | Updated: 7:01 pm

PHOENIX – Police and fire officials are investigating after they say a man dropped off explosive materials Monday at a fire station near Seventh Street and Greenway in Phoenix.

Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Larry Nunez said they have a chemical expert at the station, but by the time they realized what the materials were, the man was gone.

No other details were immediately available.

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Official: Man drops off explosives at Phoenix fire station