TOLEDO, Ohio — The Northwest Ohio Bomb Squad responded to an incident at the Lucas County Solid Waste Management facility Thursday, after an explosive hazardous material was dropped off.
According to a Toledo police report, a person brought in "two metal cans" labeled "picric acid" to the facility at approximately 11 a.m. where the employee on duty accepted them. A hazardous materials employee told the employee to call the bomb squad as picric acid is a known explosive.
The bomb squad responded to the scene and confiscated the cans. Crews countercharged and detonated the cans in an empty field at the facility, police said.
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