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Three people were arrested Tuesday afternoon after a suspected pipe bomb exploded and set fire to a parked pickup truck on Columbus’ south side.
No one was injured in the explosion and fire, Columbus police said. The incident was reported at 1:23 p.m. Tuesday behind a home in the 2300 block of South 6th Street. The pickup truck was believed to be parked and unoccupied at the time, but police had cordoned off streets in the area with crime scene tape and patrol cars were parked a block or more away.
The windows of the pickup truck were blown out and the front end appeared to be badly damaged by the explosion and fire.
Firefighters and bomb disposal teams from Columbus arrived at the scene and conducted an investigation. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI assisted in the investigation.
Three men were detained by police at a nearby home in the 100 block of Dering Avenue for questioning in connection with the incident.
This is a breaking news story. The DIspatch will update this story as more information becomes available.
