Over 70 People Evacuated Due To Explosives Scare Near Atmore

December 21, 2014

Over 70 people were evacuated from a mobile home park near Atmore Saturday afternoon due to an explosives scare as a bomb squad responded to diffuse the situation.

Deputies were called to the Big Oak Tailer Park on Jacks Springs Road, between the Poarch and McCullough communities, after a man arrived with a pickup carrying old “military grade devices”, according to Escambia County (AL) Chief Deputy Mike Lambert. The devices includes hand grenades and mortars that were found in an old wooden barn at nearby location before beingĀ  transported to the mobile home park.

Responding deputies photographed the devices and called for the evacuation and a bomb squad.

Two bomb squads from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (formerly the Alabama State Troopers) were called to the scene to evaluate the explosives. The devices were moved to a gravel pit owned by the Poarch Creek Indians and destroyed, Lambert said, as a precaution.

Jacks Springs Road was closed from Poarch Road to 3 Mile Road for several hours.

A command post was set up nearby. Responders were on scene from the Escambia County (AL) Sheriff’s Office, the Poarch Creek Police Department, Poarch Creek Fire Department, McCullough Fire Department, Atmore Ambulance and ALEA.

Pictured: Law enforcement and emergency personnel at a command post near mobile home park outside Atmore late Saturday afternoon. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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Comments

9 Responses to “Over 70 People Evacuated Due To Explosives Scare Near Atmore”

  1. Blood on December 21st, 2014 8:25 pm

    Good job A Wall

  2. well on December 21st, 2014 7:52 am

    So what ever happened to….

    What happens at the trailer park stays at the trailer park.

  3. john on December 21st, 2014 4:01 am

    I once lived in a trailer park, and I’ll tell you one thing nothing surprises me about what goes on in those places.

  4. troll on December 20th, 2014 10:34 pm

    Sounds like some good fishin material

  5. William on December 20th, 2014 9:52 pm

    >>>Only on NorthEscambia.

    But this wasn’t *in* NorthEscambia. :)

  6. molino jim on December 20th, 2014 7:58 pm

    Put these items in his truck and took them to a trailer park. Sounds like a first place winner in the “Darwin Awards”.

  7. Freddy on December 20th, 2014 5:59 pm

    Thanks for the quick reporting of the news.

  8. deBugger on December 20th, 2014 5:27 pm

    hmmmm…

    “I found some unstable antique military surplus explosives @ this old barn & thought I’d bring ‘em to the trailer park— the kids always love fireworks around Christmas, and where’s the harm in THAT?”

    Only on NorthEscambia.

  9. Rodchester on December 20th, 2014 5:02 pm

    Some people have all the luck. Why the hell couldn’t I have found them?

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