Portal de Lorca
www.portaldelorca.com
A hiker alerted the find to the Meritorious
It is an explosive device damaged but with its cargo intact
If citizens find artifacts recommended a simple protocol: DO NOT TOUCH, NOT MOVE, and seek SIGNALLING 062
The Civil Guard has seized Murcia and deactivated an explosive device found by a hiker in an area of ​​the municipality of Lorca.
It is an old artillery shell containing its cargo intact.
The action began when a citizen informed the Meritorious of the presence of a suspicious object be an explosive device in Lorca.
The discovery was made when the citizen practiced hiking in the area known Carraclaca.
Quickly the protocol provided for these cases was activated.
Initially specializing in prevention of public safety civil guards traveled to the place and verified that it was an explosive device, so the Civil Guard activated the Specialist Group Disabling Explosives (GEDEX) that once in the site of the discovery, removed the projectile to a secluded area and, with appropriate security measures, which defused in place a duly authorized using a controlled load.
It was an artillery shell about 45 centimeters long had a considerable deterioration but whose cargo was intact.
citizen cooperation
In these situations, the cooperation of citizens is key to locating artifacts, and avoid manipulation and subsequent crash, so they can finally be guarded, deactivated and destroyed with the required safety measures.
Safety Recommendations
In the case of being faced with an abandoned object that can be suspected of being explosive, incendiary or pyrotechnic device, the Civil Guard encourages citizens to follow these guidelines:
Give real consideration to any object-like explosive device that strange to the environment in which it is located.
Do not touch or move the object.
Immediately call emergency telephone: 062, the Civil Guard is available 24 hours a day, so that they can be neutralized and destroyed safely by specialists in the field.
If possible, stay near the place until the arrival of the Security Forces.
Otherwise signaled the area or provide coordinates through a program or GPS tracking application, very common today in some mobile phones.
That is, DO NOT TOUCH, NOT MOVE, and seek SIGNALLING 062
Any kind of manipulation could have fatal consequences.
Explosive devices as decorative objects
The Civil Guard has solved cases in which citizens locating explosive devices old move them to their homes, as a decorative object, which carries a high risk both for themselves and their families and neighbors, so it is recommended to follow security protocol previously exposed.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies