Chicago police are searching for the person who placed a makeshift bomb in the neighborhood near Midway Airport.
Police found a 20-pound propane tank used for barbecue grills rigged to explode near 55th and Park Side.
Police say there was a grenade on top of the tank and a fuse attached to that device. Someone had apparently tried to light the fuse but it did not detonate. It s not clear who or what was the target.
“We just came home. They said there was a propane gas tank on fire back there with something on it,” said one neighbor.
Some people living on the block were evacuated while police defused the device.