Family Moves In To New House—Backyard Discovery Has Them Calling Bomb Squad
Summary
Mat Reichardt found a grenade while looking for an outdoor water shut-off valve at his new home in Portland, Oregon. Police called a bomb squad, which used an X-ray to identify it as a smoke grenade and arranged for it to be taken to a nearby military base for disposal.Key Facts
- Reichardt found the device inside a capped canister beside the house.
- He recognized a pin and fuse and called the police department’s non-emergency line.
- A University of South Florida security expert said photographs suggested a U.S. military grenade with an M201A1 fuze.
- The expert said the fuze is used in M18 colored-smoke and AN-M14 thermite grenades, and warned that an old or deteriorated device may still be dangerous.
- Police officers taped off the house and blocked the street while the bomb squad examined the grenade.
- The bomb squad used an X-ray system and identified the device as a smoke grenade.
- Authorities said protocol required them to send the military-issued grenade to a nearby military base for disposal.
- Reichardt said he did not know how or why the grenade had been left beside the house.
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