So I live near (but not IN) Knoxville, and have a friend who works at that salvage place.
They take in salvaged metals from all over the place, smelt it down, and make rebar and other construction materials with it. In the course of obtaining raw scrap materials, they somehow acquired a large metal box (5' x 5') that, upon opening, appeared to contain dynamite. All safety procedures were followed, law enforcement contacted, and operations shut down until the material could be safely removed. It's not clear as of this morning (9:10am) that this has been done.
The evacuation was still in effect last night, but I haven't heard anything further at this time. Local law enforcement have stated that it's not a case of malicious intent, but more like opening a box from your grandfather's estate and finding a gun or grenade from WWII. (Those are not his exact words, but close enough to what I heard last night.) Stuff like that does happen.
As large an operation as the recycling and fabrication plant is, they receive scrap metal by the train load, and a railroad track runs right THROUGH the plant to deliver scrap and haul away finished products. So you can imagine that they can't examine every bit of scrap until it arrives in the plant.
Is there an ATT building near by? Not sure if I'm joking, or not,
And I'd add that if she blows, we found our next "15 minute city" utopia.
So I live near (but not IN) Knoxville, and have a friend who works at that salvage place.
They take in salvaged metals from all over the place, smelt it down, and make rebar and other construction materials with it. In the course of obtaining raw scrap materials, they somehow acquired a large metal box (5' x 5') that, upon opening, appeared to contain dynamite. All safety procedures were followed, law enforcement contacted, and operations shut down until the material could be safely removed. It's not clear as of this morning (9:10am) that this has been done.
The evacuation was still in effect last night, but I haven't heard anything further at this time. Local law enforcement have stated that it's not a case of malicious intent, but more like opening a box from your grandfather's estate and finding a gun or grenade from WWII. (Those are not his exact words, but close enough to what I heard last night.) Stuff like that does happen.
As large an operation as the recycling and fabrication plant is, they receive scrap metal by the train load, and a railroad track runs right THROUGH the plant to deliver scrap and haul away finished products. So you can imagine that they can't examine every bit of scrap until it arrives in the plant.
Sorry. I do not know.