“Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole.”
These words were yelled before an explosion as Malmstrom explosive ordnance disposal Airmen watch their detonation from a distance.
Recently EOD received a call for support to detonate possible explosive, oxidizing, and unsafe chemicals found in a laboratory of an abandoned mining site.
A project manager for the Carpenter-Snow Creek National Priorities List Superfund Site found chemicals in the chemical assay laboratory at the former mine site and requested assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA’s emergency response teams worked to safely containerize the chemicals and transport them to an appropriate disposal facility.