This is Breaking News.
It appears that a pipe bomb has exploded at a hardware store in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning.
Members of the Santa Ana Police Department are reporting that on Wednesday at 08:59 a.m. officers responded to the report of an explosion at Orchard Supply Hardware located at 1975 E. 17th Street.
According to witnesses, an explosion was heard near the exit doors to the store. Officers arrived and located what appeared to be remnants of an exploded pipe bomb near the exit doors. Officers have evacuated th
e area and are holding the scene for the responding OCSO bomb squad investigators. No injuries have been reported.
More details to follow.
–Randy Economy