LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) -   Lake St. Louis police chief Michael Force confirms that an “explosive device” discovered early Thursday morning at an electric sub-station did detonate.

No injuries were reported.

Chief Force says an officer responding to an alarm at the Woodland Marina sub-station around 3 am noticed “something fizzling”, followed by a small explosion moments later. 

He says they later determined it was a fairly sophisticated pipe bomb that was potentially lethal.

“The placement of the bomb, if it were placed differently – and I don’t want to expand on that – if it were placed differently it could have caused significant damage,”  Chief Force tells KMOX News. 

Very minor damage was done to the sub-station and no power outages were reported.

Local ATF officials are assisting Lake St. Louis police in their investigation.

Chief Force says this is the second time in about a year this kind of thing has happened at the Woodland Marina sub-station.

He calls it a very serious crime and says they will make every effort to find whoever planted the device.

(Copyright KMOX Radio)

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