WWII military training device uncovered at Jacksonville construction site

Sky4 aerials over a construction site where a World War II practice bomb was found Tuesday. (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A construction site was temporarily evacuated Tuesday afternoon when crews uncovered a military training device at the site off POW-MIA Memorial Parkway, according to an officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The hazardous devices unit responded, and the device was rendered safe and removed.

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The were no injuries or property damage.


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