AURORA, Mo. — A video released by the Aurora-Marionville Police Department shows the explosion this week after a device was detonated safely in a field.
Police Chief Wes Coatney posted on social media that the blast was felt ‘several blocks away’ and ‘pieces of flaming metal’ could be seen flying in all directions.
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Coatney says, if a person were close enough, the explosion would have seriously injured or killed someone.
A probable cause statement says this was found in a car, a small pipe, smashed on each end with a fuse coming out…