Bellevue Police Neutralize 2 Pipe Bombs Found At Transfer Station

BELLEVUE, WA — The Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station was fully evacuated Wednesday after workers reported a suspicious package at the facility. The Bellevue Police Department confirmed the incident in a brief social media post shortly after 3 p.m., saying the bomb squad was headed to the scene to examine the package.

Just before 5:30 p.m., the department shared a video of the bomb squad detonating two pipe bombs. Police said both devices were homemade and discovered by employees who quickly notified police.

According to King County, the Factoria facility primarily serves residential and commercial customers from Bellevue, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Sammamish, processing about 15 percent of the county's solid waste and sorting thousands of tons of recycling annually.