Suspicious smoking box found near plaza in Andover, Andover MA
Fire & ArsonA suspicious black box was found smoking outside a building near the plaza between Stop & Shop and Citizens Bank in Andover. Neighbors reported hearing a popping sound but did not think it was gunshots. Officers are investigating and believe the noise may have come from a water bottle. There is no sign of fire spread or immediate danger.
Audio|Source: Merrimack Valley Police, Fire and EMS
02:27
Transcript:
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Any other units that are coming here, you can slow down.
00:03
Control v. We advise, right now nothing's showing.
00:05
We do have a bottle that has some liquid in it and it's smoking a little bit. I don't know what the liquid was, but we got some of that possibly to be here. We're just checking the area now about some of the resume.
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217-8, the filming back active, no renewable, 113 VMW,
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hollow block.
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Wade, Nancy Williams out of 58 column stream of someone.
00:36
7,
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Kimberly Wade, and check along the 7. Kimberly Wade, and check along.
00:43
The odds at 10 and 8, pocket. 2 -01 talking to that probably right now.
00:48
Copy. Copy.
00:55
Car 4, the call came in about 6.30.
01:02
Go ahead.
01:06
May I guess it will be point number for 43 feet of street.
01:14
The main desk, your number is 16830.
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All three.
01:27
Hello,
01:29
2.9 North Main,
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the plaza between the stop and shop and the Citizens Bank.
01:37
Call reporting a very suspicious black lock mock mock up by the building that he's never seen there before.
01:59
Thank you. Okay.
02:05
You don't think.
02:14
We spoke to some neighbors down here. They heard what they did not think was gunshots, just like a pop. We're thinking it could have been this water bottle here.
02:21
Very fresh.
02:23
Maybe someone ran it over.
02:25
Other than that, nothing, chilling. Nobody else has anything able to pull. We'll be clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Main St, Andover, MA 01810
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