Bomb squad responding to item found at Fayette County home, dispatchers say

SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — The bomb squad is responding to an item found at a Fayette County home.

A Fayette County 911 supervisor says first responders were initially called to the 1900 block of Fourth Street in South Connellsville at 1:20 p.m.

People at the home found what they believed to be a mortar, the supervisor confirms.

The bomb squad was requested “as a precaution.”

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