
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 4, 1991                   TAG: 9102040370
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-1   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NORFOLK                                LENGTH: Short

PIPE BOMBS FOUND ON METHANOL TANK

Two pipe bombs were found today attached to a 1-million-gallon methanol tank, police said.

A one-square-mile area was evacuated, said police dispatcher T.A. Walker. The tank at Allied Terminals Inc., a commercial port, is in an industrial section along the waterfront.

A second 1-million gallon methanol tank is adjacent to the one to which the bombs were attached, police said. Each tank was half full.

Methanol is a flammable liquid alcohol used as a solvent or antifreeze.

Norfolk is home to the world's largest naval base, which has sent more than 35,000 sailors to Operation Desert Storm.

by CNB