A makeshift bomb exploded at the Nogales, Arizona UniSource Energy Services Valencia power plant on Wednesday. The explosion ruptured a fuel tank.
Nogales Police were alerted at 9:30 a.m. to a call of “suspicious activity,” according to the Arizona Republic. “An explosion had ruptured a diesel storage tank and caused what Nogales Police Lt. Carlos Jimenez described as a relatively small spill that was confined to the immediate area,” reported the Republic.
The FBI was called in because the plant is an electrical substation and serves nearly 30,000 customers.
in the area – the entire town of Nogales and its environs – depends on the plant for power. “The whole city of Nogales could have been compromised,” Jimenez told the Republic.