FBI investigates stolen military explosives found in The Villages home in Florida

The FBI is connected the country of The Villages successful Florida aft stolen subject explosives were discovered, prompting authorities to evacuate residents. No injuries person been reported.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office said that officers responded to "a telephone successful notation to what appeared to beryllium explosive subject items" astatine a location astatine astir 11:07 a.m. connected Tuesday. Deputies past evacuated adjacent residents to guarantee their safety. The sheriff's bureau said that Lake County’s Bomb Squad was besides called to respond to the scene.

Investigators and the weaponry squad were capable to find that the explosives were successful information stolen from the subject and cleared the country of the hazardous items, the sheriff's bureau said, adding that the FBI would beryllium taking implicit the case.

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Residents from a vicinity successful The Villages, Fla., were evacuated aft authorities said they located stolen subject explosives. (WOFL)

"We privation to convey Lake County for their speedy response," the sheriff's bureau said connected Facebook.

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Law enforcement officers respond to a residential vicinity successful The Villages, Fla., aft stolen subject explosives are discovered, prompting evacuations and an investigation. (WOFL)

In its archetypal announcement of a instrumentality enforcement beingness successful the area, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said the evacuations successful the surrounding country were done "out of an abundance of caution."

While The Villages spans 3 Florida counties, this incidental took spot astatine a residence successful the Village of Rio Ranchero, located successful the Sumter County information of the assemblage adjacent Spanish Springs.

The FBI has taken implicit the probe successful The Villages. (Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the FBI's Jacksonville tract bureau for comment.