Pipe Bomb Found in Center Divider of Highway 180

According to Corin Hoggard of ABC30, Caltrans maintenance crew found a pipe bomb (a plastic container of accelerant leading to a tube of gunpowder) in the center divider on highway 180, near the Van Ness/Fulton exit.

Hoggard reported that it took a little over an hour to clear the scene.

Fresno Police removed the device and destroyed it.