Explosive find: Ft. Campbell and Knox County Sheriff's Office EOD teams detonate WWII-era rocket discovered in a Crossville barn

  • Source: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville
  • Published: 06/09/2021 11:24 AM

A Crossville man made an explosive discovery Tuesday evening while cleaning out his mom and dad's barn: a WWII-era bazooka rocket. The man was in the barn in a neighborhood off Vaughn Street when he made the discovery. Rightfully concerned after discovering an explosive lying around, he flagged police down. A fire team and Crossville Fire Chief Chris South arrived initially to check it out and took pictures and sent to the Knox County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad for confirmation. Indeed, they were dealing with an explosive. The KCSO squad said it appeared to be an unexploded military ordinance, so it contacted the U.S. Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal Battalion at Fort Campbell. EOD teams and an FBI Knoxville bomb technician arrived to inspect and dispose of the explosive.



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