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Southern 094/01
30 April 2001
WARNING AS BEACH IS CLOSED
| Beesands
beach near Kingsbridge, south Devon, was closed when a child
discovered detonator wires sticking out of one of the huge stones
used in the coastal protection scheme.
The beach was sealed off to the public to let officials search
for boulders containing unexploded quarry detonators, while a
military bomb squad blew up two boulders in a controlled
explosion. |
Beesands Beach
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boulders were shipped to the beach eight years ago from Scandinavia.
It is thought that gelignite used to quarry the stones had failed to
explode in the boulders.
After the bomb squad left the beach yesterday, devices were found
in a further six boulders. The bomb squad dealt with a similar
incident at the same beach several weeks ago. |
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