[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Ordnance found and destroyed at Morgan County (TN) junk yard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army, ATF lock down school, detonating WW II explosives in Morgan County

By Megan Boehnke
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN)
April 23, 2013

A military bomb disposal squad is control detonating several dozen  
World War II-era mortar rounds at a Morgan County junk yard Tuesday,  
two days after they were discovered during a fire on the property.

Coalfield Elementary School, which is two and a half miles from the  
site, has been locked down. Homes within a half-mile radius have been  
evacuated as officials prepare to discharge the explosives this  
afternoon, said Michael Knight, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol  
Tobacco and Firearms. The Fort Campbell bomb squad is deactivating  
some rounds to take back to the military base, while explosives will  
have to be detonated, said Knight.

"Because of the type of military ordnance they are, and because of  
how long it's been in the area, it’s somewhat stable, but we have to  
take all the precautions," Knight said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/apr/23/authorities-exploding- 
deactivating-wwii-mortar-she/

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