The explosion happened shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday in an old Volkswagen that was awaiting disposal, Henry County Sheriff H.F. Cassell said. The resulting fire was very small, only charring the car. State police remotely detonated the second device, which was the size of a baseball, Cassell said.
``This was a very low-tech operation,'' Cassell said. ``It was crudely built, not particularly anything sinister about it.''
Two men were seen fleeing in a green truck. Cassell said authorities have suspects but wouldn't elaborate except to say, ``I don't think that this is anything related to terrorism.''
He said the bomb makers likely didn't mean to harm anyone, as there was no evidence of shrapnel.
A nearby American Electric Power Co. substation that serves Henry County was never threatened by the explosion. ``It's probably 100 yards away with a brick building in between,'' the sheriff said.
Cassell said the remains of the device found on the car roof has been sent to a state forensics lab.
