Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Firefighters Battling Wildfire Find 339 Sticks of Dynamite

From the AP, via MiamiHerald.com:
Firefighters battling a massive wildfire in south Georgia discovered 339 sticks of dynamite, and a U.S. Army bomb squad was called to detonate the explosives.

The firefighters battling the wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp area were told the dynamite found Monday was left over from a construction project decades ago. Authorities said it had been stored in a bunker-like facility near a park building.

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