Mysterious box of dynamite triggers evacuation in Knoxville
They opened the metal container with a torch
Photo: Knoxville Police Department
A box of dynamite received by a recycling center in Knoxville, Tennesee, prompted an evacuation of local residents and a lockdown as authorities tackled the find. It was 36 hours before the "high-grade commercial explosives" were declared safe by the bomb squad, and investigators remain on site.
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