Bomb Squad Finds Big Firework in Stolen Car

A bomb squad from the Bellevue Police Department, called in to assist Kirkland Police, found a large firework in a stolen vehicle parked on Finn Hill Wednesday evening.

Kirkland Police Department spokesman Lt. Mike Murray said the incident occurred Wednesday evening at about 7:30 near the intersection of 86th Place NE and NE 127th Street, near the top of Finn Hill, after a suspicious item was reported.

"We called in Bellevue's bomb squad, but it was only a large firework found in the back seat of a stolen vehicle," he said.

Bellevue Police were called because that department maintains a full bomb squad.

The stolen vehicle was towed away and impounded, and Murray said detectives were in the process of obtaining a search warrant to go through it.

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Kirkland Patch would like to thank Perry Clawson for sending the photo.