Hanscom Air Force Base Evacuated After Explosives Detected on Suspicious Moving Truck

Evacuations are underway after a vehicle tested positive for explosives at the gate of Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts, Thursday. U.S. Air Force officials said security forces detected a concern during a routine vehicle inspection around 9 a.m., causing the base to take "response actions." Those actions included the temporary closure of the base's Vandenberg Gate on Route 2A and evacuation of several nearby base facilities. An area around the gate has also been evacuated and a perimeter has been set up extending 1,500 feet from the truck in all directions. The vehicle in question is a moving truck. Operations at other parts of the base are continuing.