GEORGIA — Following an operation lasting a little over three hours, members of the Vermont State Police Bomb Squad say they successfully disposed of explosives that had degraded to unsafe levels in the town of Georgia.
The Bomb Squad used a controlled burn to safely consume 30 sticks of nitroglycerin-based dynamite that had started to display crystals of nitroglycerin on the surface, creating a potentially hazardous condition.
Bomb Squad members were accompanied by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Georgia Fire & Rescue Department.
They were on scene at the property on Oakland Station Road from 10 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. yesterday.
The dynamite was possessed legally, and no criminal charges are expected.
“It was an uneventful outcome, which in this field of work is exactly how we want it,” said Vermont State Police Capt. David Petersen, commander of the Bomb Squad.
