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Norfolk thrift store evacuated after employees find grenade inside furniture donation

Using an x-ray machine, the bomb squad determined the grenade was real, but not live.

NORFOLK, Va. — A thrift store in Norfolk was evacuated Monday after employees discovered a grenade that wasn't live inside a donated piece of furniture. 

According to a spokesperson from Norfolk Fire-Rescue, fire responders and the bomb squad were dispatched to Thrift Store USA on East Little Creek Road around 1 p.m. A piece of furniture was dropped off, and employees found a grenade inside one of the drawers while cleaning it out.

People inside the store were evacuated while the bomb squad determined whether it was live or not. Using an x-ray machine, they determined it was a real grenade, but not a live one, fire officials said. 

Everyone was able to re-enter the store by 3:30. 

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