LITTLETON, COLO. (AP) -- Firefighters found two propane tanks and a pipe bomb near a suburban Denver mall's food court after a fire broke out Wednesday, and investigators were exploring a possible connection between the incident and the 12th anniversary of the Columbine massacre.
The Southwest Plaza Mall was evacuated after the fire, which started around noon. No one was injured and the bombs didn't explode.
One official called the location and timing of the incident "disturbing." The mall is about two miles from Columbine High School, where two student gunmen killed 13 people and themselves on April 20, 1999.
Unexploded pipe bombs and a propane tank with explosives attached were found in the school after the shootings.
FBI spokesman Dave Joly says authorities have identified a possible person of interest in the case.
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