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Crews Removing Hazardous Materials from Home

SUMMIT HILL — Local, state, and federal officials have been in part of Carbon County since Thursday night, removing what authorities are calling “ha...

SUMMIT HILL -- Local, state, and federal officials have been in part of Carbon County since Thursday night, removing what authorities are calling "hazardous materials" from a home.

Many of those local, state, and federal officials have been at the home on West Ludlow Street for more than 16 hours.

Haz-Mat teams and FBI officials have been going in and out of the house, removing what they're calling "hazardous materials."

"All mixed together, things that shouldn't be there, not safe to be in a residence. They're hazardous materials that aren't normal in a residence," said Carbon County EMA official Mark Nalesnik.

Neighbors say the home belongs to Paul Yuricheck and his adult son Jude.

Jude is a Summit Hill constable and a member of the National Guard. Authorities say his father Paul was the one who found those materials.

"One of the family members made entry to the basement last evening and saw things he felt shouldn't be there and made the call."

The discovery prompted federal, state, county, and local officials to check out the situation.

Officials say some of the things found inside the home could be considered potential bomb-making items. However, they say no bomb was actually made.

"There was nothing explosive, no devices that were ready to ignite or explode."

Whatever officials found inside this home wasn't dangerous enough to evacuate the surrounding homes, but officials did say they were putting the residents on alert.

"We asked the neighbors that were sitting outside on their porches to go in their homes and that was only because some of the items were being carried outside from inside."

So far, no one has been charged with a crime.

"Some items are legal, some items are not legal. We just have to wait until everything is tested to see what's going to develop at that point," said Summit Hill Police Chief Joseph Fittos.

Those neighbors on West Ludlow Street who watched it all unfold hope there are some answers soon.

"Shocking, very shocking."

The FBI will send a unit from Washington, D.C. They will continue to analyze the materials found inside the home.

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