Scraps Explosion in Sacramento

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ammo blast hurts 1, closes Highway 50

By Ralph Montaņo, Nancy Vogel and Chris Bowman
Sacramento Bee Staff Writers (Published Aug. 4, 1999)

An Army bomb consigned to the scrap heap at a Rancho Cordova
recycling center exploded Tuesday afternoon, injuring an
employee, closing Highway 50 for hours and forcing the evacuation
of about 200 nearby workers.

See http://www.sacbee.com/news/news/local01_19990804.html


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/968-1126
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