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Bomb team detonates Studland beach device | Bomb team detonates Studland beach device |
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A controlled explosion has taken place on a beach in Dorset after a device was found washed up. | |
Dog walkers discovered the device, with "Danger. Ne Pas Toucher" written on it, at about 09:00 GMT on Sunday at the Knoll end of Studland Beach. | |
The area was cordoned off and it was destroyed in a controlled explosion by Royal Navy experts. | |
The navy said it was a submarine marker signal which contained remnants of "very dangerous" red phosphorous. | |
The device had a warning on it in French not to touch it but to alert the coastguard or police. | The device had a warning on it in French not to touch it but to alert the coastguard or police. |
HM Coastguard said a naval explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team assessed the object before blowing it up on the beach at about 15:00. | |
A Royal Navy spokesman said the device was used to let off flares in the water. | |
"Although it was mostly expensed, it still contained remnants of red phosphorous, which is considered very dangerous, so the decision was made to blow it up in situ," he said. |
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