Discovery of Navy training mine causes evacuation on Miami Beach
Posted: 12/05/2011
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A portion of Miami Beach had to be evacuated Monday morning, after a mysterious white cylinder washed ashore.
The device was training mine from the U-S Navy.
A person found it while walking on the shore and contacted police.
Fire crews cleared everyone away from the area while a bomb squad checked it out.
Navy officials say the training mine has the potential to explode, but not as much as a regular mine.
The U-S Navy is investigating how it ended up there.
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