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Part of Massachusetts’ Hanscom Air Force Base was evacuated Thursday morning after security forces found "potentially explosive material" on a vehicle entering the base.

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Security Forces were doing a routine vehicle inspection when around 9 a.m. they detected something that caused response actions.

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