NORFOLK, Va. — No one was hurt after a suspected explosive device was found inside a barge at a shipyard in Norfolk on Tuesday morning.
The Norfolk Fire Department said they were called to Lyon Shipyard just after 8 a.m. The barge and the area around it were evacuated as a safety precaution.
According to a Norfolk Fire spokesperson, emergency crews did find some form of ordnance and the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) Two was called in to investigate it further.
The EODMU identified it as a possible World War II-era unfired 3-inch round. The Navy EOD will safely dispose of the unexploded device at a later date, and the Norfolk Fire Department has since cleared the scene at the shipyard.