KNOX COUNTY EXPLOSIONS

THE KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND COLUMBUS FIRE DEPARTMENTS SAY CREWS DISPOSING OF MILITARY-GRADE AMMUNITION WAS WHAT CAUSED LOUD NOISES. 
CREWS GOT A CALL BY A NEW PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT THE AMMUNITION IN KNOX COUNTY AROUND 10-PM FRIDAY. THE COLUMBUS BOMB SQUAD AND CREWS FROM WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE SET OFF THE EXPLOSIONS IN CONTROLLED SPACES IN KNOX COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN COLUMBUS. THOSE HAPPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT. COLUMBUS FIRE OFFICIALS SAY BECAUSE OF THE URGENT NATURE OF THE SITUATION AND THE NEED TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY, ADVANCE NOTICE WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THEY SAY THE OPERATION WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.