Suspicious item found in Southeast Fresno home turns out to be toy grenade

SOUTHEAST FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A artifact grenade recovered successful a container astatine a Southeast Fresno location caused a impermanent evacuation, Fresno Police say.

Officers were called a small aft 1:30 p.m. Friday to the country of Belgravia and Sierra Vista avenues connected a study of a suspicious point successful a box.

When officers arrived, they recovered a grenade wrong the box.

Some neighboring homes were evacuated arsenic a precaution.

An ABC30 insider shared with Action News that they were moving connected thoroughfare asphalt restoration erstwhile the homeowner recovered the point arsenic helium was clearing boxes.

Officials aboriginal identified the grenade arsenic a toy.

There is nary menace to the public.