Buffalo Trace Distillery evacuated after workers find World War II incendiary bomb
Buffalo Trace Distillery had a recent scare after an incendiary World War II bomb was found on the property, according to a company spokesperson.
The incident happened Wednesday when the archives team found the bomb while unpacking boxes from Booth’s Gin, according to Amy Preske, a spokesperson for Buffalo Trace. The building was evacuated and Kentucky State Police were called to the scene to safely remove the device.
No one was injured and the device was safely removed from the distillery without incident, according to Preske. It’s unknown how long the bomb was there.
World War II ordnance discoveries aren’t uncommon, according to the daily American military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Japanese soldiers disarmed a 550-pound World War II bomb last month after it was discovered buried underground.
Unexploded bombs have also frequently been found in other countries in the decades following World War II, such as Germany, according to a 2015 report from the Washington Post. In addition to World War II ordnance, explosives from the Vietnam War were still found often. Some discovered explosives even date back to the Civil War, according to the Washington Post’s report.
An unexploded Civil War bomb was just found Monday buried underneath a battlefield site in Georgia, according to the Miami Herald. Police said the bomb was 157 years old and was found by archaeologists
