Dive Brief:
- Police and fire responders in Mesa, AZ, rushed to a recycling plant when they were alerted about a potentially explosive situation.
- The bomb squad joined officials at Commercial Metal Company after employees called the authorities because they discovered a shipment of hundreds of artillery rounds in a load of scrap metal.
- Upon inspection, it was determined that a single round in the pile of ammunition was live.
Dive Insight:
In a lucky coincidence, Deputy Chief Forrest Smith reported that the facility was already closed for the day prior to the incident due to maintenance being conducted at the site, so routine operations were not affected.