[CPEO-MEF] Buried military rocket takes off

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Buried military rocket takes off
Thursday, 14 December 2000 11:14 (ET)

BARTOW, Fla., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Polk County, Fla., sheriff's deputies
Thursday searched a small airport for additional buried World War II
rockets like the one that roared to life Wednesday, flew more than 100 feet
into a fence and started a grass fire. No one was hurt.

Investigators said they believe the 2.25-inch practice rocket was ignited
by another fire -- a controlled burn intended to clear brush at the site
for a new Sheriff's Department hangar at Bartow Municipal Airport.

Deputies nearby heard an explosion and the sound of something flying
through the air and when they investigated found the rocket.

"At that point, we were not sure what the device was or what it was made of
or what it might contain as far as explosives," said Michal Shanley, a
sheriff's spokeswoman.

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http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=144387


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