Undefined Explosive Device (UED)
Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Arizona, Lake Montezuma area, United States of America on Wed 25th October 2023
25th October 2023
Just near Kymberly's Way, he discovered a parcel of undetonated dynamite believed to have been leftover from when the road was built. The surveyor spotted the dynamite around 8 in the morning on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Two Yavapai County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the scene to confirm that the small bundle sticking out of the cliff was a pack of dynamite. A DPS Explosive Ordinance Disposal squad was quickly called in, and arrived from Tucson just before noon, according to a release from the county.Because the dynamite was found below a landfill on top of the cliff, Cornville Road was shut down in both directions and operations at the landfill were temporarily halted.Officials determined that two nearby residences were empty and boom went the dynamite. The squad successfully detonated the dynamite around 1:15 p.m without damaging any nearby structures or the roadway, the county said.Experts with the bomb squad believed that the dynamic was"very old and possibly left from when Cornville Road was constructed," Yavapai County officials said. The ghost in Gilbert High School and other weird things Valley police officers have encountered. 'It was like a horror movie': A Flagstaff garage filled up with dead salamanders and no one can figure out why.
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