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Reports from the scene indicated that C4 was found in a unit at Olympic Storage on Olympic Drive next door to the Adagio apartment complex late Sunday afternoon, and detonated later in the evening by a bomb squad.
The Clearlake Police Department, busy with responding to the incident, did not respond to Lake County News’ request late Sunday night for additional information.
Lake County News readers posted details of the incident on the publication’s Facebook page.
Desiree Mcalear-Garcia wrote that she drove by the storage units just before 4 p.m. and saw that the storage unit area was blocked off by a police patrol unit.
When she drove by again just after 8 p.m. she saw Lake County Fire gathering at the theater, according to her account.
At around 8:30 p.m. James Thomas said Clearlake Police and Lake County Fire had closed off Olympic Drive between Jefferson Street and Old Highway 53.
Machael Albericci, who lives at Adagio Apartments, wrote on Facebook that the complex’s residents were evacuated.
Angelica Ochoa said police had the apartment complex’s entrance taped off on one side, with officers standing guard.
California Highway Patrol incident logs indicated that a bomb squad detonated the materials shortly after 9:30 p.m.
When the explosives were detonated, numerous people from around Clearlake posted on the Lake County News Facebook page that they heard the explosion.
Clearlake Police also received kudos on its Facebook page from community members, who thanked the agency for handling the matter in a way that was professional and safe for community members as well as officers.
Radio traffic indicated that Lake County Fire terminated its incident command on the event at approximately 10:23 p.m.
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