Denver, Colorado Firefighters responded to an early morning call of smoke coming from an auditorium on the University Of Denver campus. The smoke was tracked to Professor Cobb's engineering research laboratory adjacent to the auditorium. The smoke was coming from an oven which firefighters found to be loaded with artillery shells. As a precaution, the bomb squad was called out and nearby buildings were evacuated.

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Northamptonshire, United Kingdom A 16 year old teenager suffered burns to his hands when the fuze of a mortar round he was dismantling functioned. The boy reportedly purchased the mortar round through an on-line auction website - Specialist Auctions. The teenager believed that the mortar round he purchased was inert as the auction website has a strict policy against posting any military ordnance memorabilia that has energetic materials.

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Anacortes, Washington A 322-foot barge loaded with cargo being towed by a tug through the Rosario straight ran aground. The barge was loaded with 100 containers of supplies including explosive ordnance for the Navy's munition facility on Indian Island. Specific details of the munitions load onboard the barge were not released but estimates reported the munitions load at 9,000 pounds net explosive weight.

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Jacksonville, North Carolina A homeowner clearing his yard in preparation for hurricane Irene made a startling discovery, a military munition. The homeowner, a sergeant in the Marine Corps based in Camp Lejeune, immediately recognized the item as a training missile. He immediately called the base and reported the find. EOD responded and recovered the missile and the warhead which had separated.

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Moscow, Russia An accidential explosion occured during disposal operations of "old munitions" at a military test range in Astrakhan. The cause of the accident is unknown but reports indicate that basic safety regulations and procedures may not have been followed. The type of munitions involved has not been released nor the names of the six Russian soldiers that died as a result. Twelve others were injured during the blast. An investigation has been launched to determine the exact cause of the accidental explosion.

Mari, Cyprus A cargo ship packed with munitions and explosives caught fire at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base. The fire caused the explosives to detonate thereby leveling nearby houses and breaking windows and doors from the resulting blast waves. Twelve people reportedly died and dozens of others were injured as a result of the explosion. The explosion also caused significant damage to a nearby power plant which resulted in the loss of power for thousands of local residents.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma A tractor trailer carrying 28,000 pounds of munitions from McAlester Army Ammunition Plant crashed on Interstate 40. No injuries were reported but Oklahoma State Police did shut down a portion of the Interstate for safety reasons. The Army has been notified and is sending a team to inspect the munitions. No explosions were reported.

Honolulu, Hawaii Five workers died following an explosion at an old WWII era bunker in Waikele. The bunkers were being used to store confiscated fireworks. The explosion occurred just before 9 am when six workers from Donaldson Enterprises, the company reportedly hired to destroy the explosives, were in the bunker. The five men who dies ranged in age from 24 to 50. The sixth worker who was in the bunker at the time of the accident sustained minor injuries. The cause of the explosion is unknown.

Joint Base Balad, Iraq Air Force EOD personnel assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing carried out a non-emergency disposal operation to dispose of 35 M1028 anti-personnel tank cartridges back in September. The disposal shot involved nineteen non-EOD airman acting as observers. The disposal shot caused the death of one of the observers, Senior Airman James Hansen, after he was struck by a base plate from one of the projectiles.

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Oakland, Tennessee An explosion and fire at the Kinematics Research Facility claimed the life of a 34-year old worker. Four others who were in the building at the time of the blast escaped without injury. The exact type of munitions or explosives involved in the accident have not been released but first responders did report hearing multiple detonations described as 'popping like popcorn'.

The name of the deceased has not yet been released. The cause of the incident is under investigation.