R.I. beach evacuated after witnesses report boom, woman knocked down
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Rhode Island beach evacuated after apparent explosion
A Rhode Island beach was evacuated Saturday while a bomb squad investigated an apparent explosion that injured a woman, authorities said.
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A July summer day got a jolt Saturday when a Rhode Island beach was evacuated after reports of a sand explosion.
The explosion, in Narragansett at Salty Brine beach around 11 a.m., blew a woman onto the rocks, authorities told ABC News. She was taken to a local hospital.
Police closed the beach and told media they were looking for a suspect they believe planted something in the sand, and then fled.
"It felt like an earthquake, or gas explosion," local radio host Dave Dean said, in a video he posted to his Facebook page. "Everyone who was in the water felt it."
It was the talk of Twitter for locals.