[1]Some of the old, and volatile, items found behind Winlock home. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Sheriff's Office
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The sheriff’s office said a bomb squad was at a Winlock area residence this morning to detonate two bucketfuls of explosive items found by a child playing in the woods behind his house.
A deputy was called last night to the 1000 block of North Military Road after the boy picked up the items, took them to his house and told his parents, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
The buckets contained commercial blasting caps and approximately 100 feet of detonation cord, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
“They were very old and in poor condition making them extremely unsafe and volatile,” Brown wrote a news release.
Apparently the previous owner of the property died without telling anyone about the explosives stored on his property, Brown said.
Brown stated the sheriff’s office secured the items and requested the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad.
Brown said the bomb squad responded to the property about 9 a.m. today to detonate the items on the property.