False Alarm at Metal Recycling Facility

Albertville, Alabama Workers at the Progress Rail Services metal recycling facility found a 500-pound bomb mixed in with a load of scrap metal sent to the facility for processing. The workers called the police who referred the call to the Marshal County Emergency Management Agency (EMA). EMA in turn referred the call to Redstone Arsenal who referred the call to Fort Benning. Fort Benning dispatched EOD to respond. EOD identified the bomb as an inert MK 80 series training bomb. Since the bomb was inert, it did not pose any explosive safety hazard. EOD transported the bomb back to Fort Benning for proper disposal. The origin of the bomb is unknown and Authorities are trying to establish how the bomb ended up at the recycling facility in the first place.