A crew clearing vegetation around a school in coastal North Carolina came across what is believed to be a Civil War reenactment cannonball, prompting evacuation of the school and response from a Camp Lejeune explosive ordnance disposal team.
The cannonball had been “in place long enough that woody vegetation had
grown around it, to the point that it had to be cut away so the object could be
removed,” Onslow County Schools said about the Thursday incident at the Onslow
County Learning Center.
The EOD team from the Marine Corps base determined
the object, which had been unseen for a significant amount of time, was found
to be inert with no explosives, and it was removed, officials said.
“Safety is
Onslow County Schools’ top priority, and we appreciate the support and
collaboration of our local emergency responders, as well as our families, as we
work to keep our schools safe and secure,” the district said.
The Picket
asked the district how the shell may have come to be there and what happened to
it after removal. Public information assistant Jessica Wells said Onslow County
Schools had no other information it could share.
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