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See the article by Bayou Renaissance Man the hazards of fighting forest and grass fires on land which has buried non-exploded ordnance [bang stuff].
Watch the embedded video a British World War Two bomb Tallboy "earthquake" bomb the attempt to render harmless failed. Bomb as dropped by British RAF in an effort to sink the German cruiser Lützow.
Thanks to You Tube for the video:
"In October 2020 an unexploded Tallboy bomb from the attack on Lützow was found in the Piast Canal . . . After evacuating approximately 750 people who lived nearby, an attempt was undertaken to deflagrate it with a remote-controlled device, but it exploded, without casualties."
From a comment:
Skyler the Weird said: "Back in the 60's they were still finding unexploded ordnance at Vicksburg. My cub scout master had cannonballs all over his yard from forays in the National Military Park before they banned treasure hunters in the 70's. Often wonder if any exploded"
Indeed this is so. A number of years ago an EXPERT in American Civil War ordnance was blown to bits while burnishing a sixty-pound cannonball unexploded from the era.
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Bert says: Never thought about this before. Unexploded military bang stuff as a further impediment to fighting a forest or grass fire. Intuitive as one more danger to firefighters in addition to all other hazards as maybe encountered.
Fighting a forest or grass fire in my opinion as close as you can get to fighting at war without having an adversary shooting at you. Danger nonetheless present at all times and in various degrees.
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