HOUSTON, Texas — A pipe bomb explosion in front of a home in northwest Houston sent a woman to the hospital, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Investigators said it happened in front of woman’s home on Seamist Court and Lazybrook Drive just after 7 p.m. Friday.

Investigators said the woman found a package, the size of a shoe box, on her porch a couple days ago.

She took it inside her home but didn’t open it until Friday night.

The woman took the box outside, opened it and a pipe bomb exploded.