2 Grenades Brought to Fire Station Detonated

A fire station was evacuated Tuesday after a man came in seeking help with what he said were two live grenades in his truck, authorities said.

The grenades, which proved to be duds, were removed from a box and detonated by the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad, said Los Angeles Fire Capt. Al Veliz. The man told firefighters that he had gotten the grenades from his father, who is in a convalescent home, Veliz said.

The father had apparently brought them back from Korea as a souvenir, and the son, fearing they still contained gunpowder, brought them to firefighters, who called police.