Spring Cleaning Should Never Be a "Blast"

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin We all dread spring cleaning, but it turned downright dangerous for a man who discovered a WWII-era bazooka round in the rafters of his basement.

The retired military man believed the item to be inert and drove it down to the local Sheriff's Office. The police officers sent a picture to a military unit in Madison, which identified the object as a WWII-era bazooka rocket. The military unit instructed police to barricade a two block radius around the sheriff's department.

The Brown County's bomb squad unit was called in to respond. After further investigation, they determined that the round was the practice version of the bazooka rocket.The round was safely removed and disposed of.

The police issued a reminder to citizens that it is never a good idea to place ordnance inside a vehicle even if they think it is inert.