Cops detonate "black powder" devcice found near Newman Lake, Spokane, WA

[Ian David]

Brian Clark / Internet Content Editor, KXLY.com
Last updated: Wednesday, August 08th, 2007 01:10:57 PM

SPOKANE -- Spokane Bomb Squad personnel exploded a homemade device along the side of the road near Newman Lake Wednesday morning.

A Department of Ecology team picking up trash in the area of Trent and Idaho notified a Sheriff's Traffic Corporal nearby of a suspicious package shortly before 9 a.m.

The corporal called in the potential threat and two members of the Spokane Explosive Device Unit responded to the scene. After clearing the area, they sprayed the package with a water canon, causing it to explode.

EDU Deputy Brett Pierson said that the device was roughly the size of a soda can and appeared to be filled with smokeless black powder.

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[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

1. Summer Break

and all the kids have to go for that extra credit in Chemistry.

[hobbit709]

2. If it was black powder it wasn't smokeless

And if it was smokeless, it wasn'r black powder. The reason the came up with smokeless gunpowder is that you had to wait for the smoke to clear to see if you hit anything.