Backyard UXO Find

Columbia, South Carolina A homeowner from the Pine Brook subdivision doing some landscaping in his yard came across two buried bombs. The homeowner called the Richland County Sheriff's Department who responded with a police bomb squad. The bomb disposal unit identified the munitions as 250-pound WWII era bombs. One bomb was reported to contain a live spotting charge. The bomb disposal squad transported the bombs to a vacant lot where they were safely disposed of. Ten homes were evacuated for several hours during the response.