Mine washes up onto Florida beach
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad was called and got to the scene at about 2:30 a.m. to check out the device. Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 7:18 AM EDT April 5, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Beachgoers were in for a surprise Sunday when a naval mine washed up onto the shore near Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
The Sun-Sentinel reported the Broward County Sheriff s Office shut down parts of the beach after a deputy came across the “possible explosive training device.
The newspaper said the Broward Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad was called and got to the scene at about 2:30 a.m. to check out the device. Then, by about 10:45 a.m., the mine was taken off the beach and turned over to the Air Force, according to the Sentinel.
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There are no evacuations ordered in the area, near the 4600 block of Elmar Drive, where a small section of the beach has been closed, said spokesman Carey Codd.
Military sea mine washes up on south Florida beach
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Orange cones lined the sand at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, marking off a section of beach closed for several hours Sunday after a deputy on patrol found that a “possible explosive training device” had washed ashore, the sheriff’s office said.
No evacuations were ordered in the area, near the 4600 block of Elmar Drive, where a small section of the beach had temporarily been closed, said spokesman Carey Codd.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad arrived at the beach at about 2:30 a.m. to examine the device, which turned out to be a sea mine, according to the sheriff’s office. The word “inert” was painted on its side.