Authorities from the Anaheim Police and Orange County Sheriff’s Departments are investigating a pipe bomb explosion that occurred Easter Sunday in a residential Anaheim neighborhood not far from the Disneyland theme park.
The blast occurred just before 2 p.m. in an alley near North Anaheim Blvd. and Wilhelmina St. Residents reported hearing and feeling a loud bang that shook homes and damaged at least one nearby structure. Several homes were briefly evacuated, but people were allowed to return by around 3 p.m.
“I thought something actually fell from the sky, from like an airplane, because it was so loud,” one neighbor recalled. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported as a result of the explosion.
“It’s serious – especially on Easter Sunday with people gathering,” said Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. “It’s very fortunate that there wasn’t someone in the alley that was injured.”
Read more about Sunday’s explosion and the ongoing investigation here.