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Escondido, CA- A man who recently received radiation treatment for a medical condition set off a nuclear alert detector on a fire engine, prompting police to close down a roadway while authorities searched for a nuclear weapon.

Sheriff's deputies pulled the man over and detained him and his passenger for about one hour while confirming that the man was not carrying a nuclear weapon and that he had received radiation treatment, according to Sgt. Robert Healey.