Explosive Ordnance Disposal team destroys mortar round found in Colwood
Officials from multiple agencies were on scene near Fort Rodd Hill in Colwood Sunday morning after a hiker reported he had found a mortar round.
Lieutenant Pamela Hogan with the Canadian Armed Forces says around 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning the military police contacted the Regional Joint Operations Centre of a two-inch U.S. mortar found at Fort Rodd Hill. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team arrived around noon with the RCMP.“At approximately 12:50 p.m. the EOD team is conducting a controlled explosion of the mortar to ensure its proper disposal,” Hogan said in an email just before 1 p.m.
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