Electronic cigarette incites bomb scare on British highway

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[h=1]Electronic cigarette incites bomb scare on British highway[/h]British counter-terrorism officers concluded Thursday that a bomb scare on a bus traveling on the M6 motorway, the longest in Britain, was spurred by a man’s electronic cigarette, according to the Associated Press.

According to reports, armed police evacuated passengers aboard a London-bound bus as emergency response vehicles and a bomb disposal unit arrived on the scene. The 48 passengers on board were sequestered on the highway, surrounded by law enforcement, as police investigated the scene, shutting down the highway for roughly four hours. Police said they did not plan to hold any passengers in custody

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