News brief: Suspicious box draws bomb squad to Chehalis propane storage facility

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS –  A bomb squad was called out to a propane bulk storage yard in Chehalis today when a suspicious box was found against the fence.

Chehalis Police Department Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said someone observed the box on Northwest Prindle Street, at the back of the Cenex facility.

The call came in about 11:20 a.m., according to Kaut.

By about 2:15 p.m. technicians had X-rayed the item and found nothing dangerous, Kaut said.

“It sounds like the box was empty, I’m not even sure why it was there,” he said.

Cenex, with its address on State Street, distributes lubricants, refined fuels and does home delivery of propane, according to manager Sonny Pitts.

There is one giant propane storage tank in the fenced compound off Prindle, Pitts said. The others in the yard are waiting to be filled, he said.

“It wouldn’t have been a good thing,” Pitts said. “I’m glad they spotted it.”

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