The Boston Fire Department kindly asks that you do not drive old military mortars to their firehouses
There are rough post-holiday returns to work, and then there is the wake-up firefighters in Allston received Tuesday morning.
According to the Boston Fire Department, a man arrived at the Engine 41 Ladder 14 firehouse around 11 a.m. with what appeared to be an old military shell in the back seat of his car.
Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said the man had found the mortar in a building and didn’t know what to with it, so he decided to drive the device in the back seat of his Jeep to ask the fire department in person.
Upon identifying the mortar, the fire officials said in a series of tweets Tuesday, the captain of the firehouse ordered the premises evacuated, as a Boston Police bomb squad was called in.
Roughly 30 minutes later, following examination by police, the device was determined to be non-explosive.
Scene cleared at 11:30am.
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) July 5, 2016
Mortar shell in backseat of a vehicle pic.twitter.com/j7Zq8mHpfk
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) July 5, 2016
After examination by Boston Police EOD pic.twitter.com/p018qTQoSR
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) July 5, 2016
MacDonald said Tuesday that, however well-meaning they might be, citizens should not transport potential explosives.
“If anyone thinks they have some sort of explosive device, we would recommend that they do not move it or touch it,” he said. “Just call the police.”
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