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Bomb Squad Disables Live Vietnam-Era Grenade

Found in Pacifica park Thursday morning.

A live Vietnam-era grenade was found in a Pacifica park Thursday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

Around 10:30 a.m. the San Mateo County Sheriff's Bomb Squad was called to the entrance of Edgemar Park in the Manor District of Pacifica where a military grenade had been found along the fence line, Sheriff's officials said.

Authorities determined the Vietnam-era style grenade was intact and live.

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Pacifica police cordoned off the immediate area to cars and pedestrians as the bomb squad mitigated the grenade.

No injuries or property damage was reported, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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