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Underground bunkers, caches of explosives found while firefighters fend off wildfire
Tribune
ASHTON EDWARDS AND LAUREN STEINBRECHER
Dec 1st 2017 5:02PM
BRIAN HEAD, Utah (KSTU) -- Authorities found numerous cabins and underground bunkers filled with explosives near Brian Head while fighting wildfires in Iron County earlier this year, the Iron County Sheriff's Office said.
Bomb experts have since cleared the weapons and explosives from the underground caches and now a Utah man may face charges.
Back in June, firefighters in the Henderson Hill area heard popping noises and discovered it was from ammunition exploding in the flames.
Firefighters traced the ammunition to a burned down cabin and found an underground bunker nearby filled with dozens of hand grenades that had been altered by drilling out the bottoms and plugging the drilled holes with threaded, galvanized pipe plugs.
Officers found the person of interest at him home in Parowan on June 30.
They said he was cooperative and eventually admitted the burned down cabin and bunker were his.
He also told them he had seven or eight more cabins and bunkers hidden throughout the area which also contained firearms, ammunition and food storage.
Firefighters find bunkers, caches of explosions while fighting wildfire
Truly there are some real dangerous people out there. I hope they bring terrorist charges against this fellow.
Tribune
ASHTON EDWARDS AND LAUREN STEINBRECHER
Dec 1st 2017 5:02PM
BRIAN HEAD, Utah (KSTU) -- Authorities found numerous cabins and underground bunkers filled with explosives near Brian Head while fighting wildfires in Iron County earlier this year, the Iron County Sheriff's Office said.
Bomb experts have since cleared the weapons and explosives from the underground caches and now a Utah man may face charges.
Back in June, firefighters in the Henderson Hill area heard popping noises and discovered it was from ammunition exploding in the flames.
Firefighters traced the ammunition to a burned down cabin and found an underground bunker nearby filled with dozens of hand grenades that had been altered by drilling out the bottoms and plugging the drilled holes with threaded, galvanized pipe plugs.
Officers found the person of interest at him home in Parowan on June 30.
They said he was cooperative and eventually admitted the burned down cabin and bunker were his.
He also told them he had seven or eight more cabins and bunkers hidden throughout the area which also contained firearms, ammunition and food storage.
Firefighters find bunkers, caches of explosions while fighting wildfire
Truly there are some real dangerous people out there. I hope they bring terrorist charges against this fellow.
