SPRING HILL, Fla. – Hernando County Deputies were on the scene at Helicopter Drive near Flight Path Drive in the Airport Industrial Park (near American Aviation), assessing what is thought to be an old Mark 65 bomb.
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Team has completed its assessment and determined the ordnance to be inert.
A MacDill Air Force Base team still plans to respond to the scene to help dispose of the ordnance.
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Deputies closed Spring Hill Drive between US-41 (Broad Street) and California Street due to a large military ordnance that was located on Helicopter Drive, but have since opened the roadway.
All roadways are now open to thru traffic.
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