Owasco, NY -- Owasco, in Cayuga County, was shaken this afternoon as the Onondaga County Bomb Squad carried out a planned detonation. Owasco Fire Department stood by at the scene on Melrose Road, near Oakridge Road, where a piece of ammunition, thought to be left over from World War II was detonated by the bomb squad. The shell was about...
Owasco, NY -- Owasco, in Cayuga County, was shaken this afternoon as the Onondaga County Bomb Squad carried out a planned detonation.
Owasco Fire Department stood by at the scene on Melrose Road, near Oakridge Road, where a piece of ammunition, thought to be left over from World War II was detonated by the bomb squad.
The shell was about a foot-and-a-half tall and seven inches in diameter, said a firefighter.
Cayuga County’s emergency dispatch said they had been told to expect calls about the detonation. Shortly after the 6 p.m. detonation, calls did come in. One person reported a house shaking so much that they suspected a jet had broken the sound barrier.