Colorado UPDATE: Balloon Used to Deliver IED

On 12 January 2024, at approximately 2210 hours local time, Colorado Springs Police received reports of an explosion near a business on the 500 block of E Costilla Street. Upon their arrival, police and bomb squad technicians discovered parts from the functioned IED. Surveillance video of the explosion showed an “improvised hot air balloon” with an object on fire hanging from it, which became stuck on a fence and detonated, damaging several buildings in the area.