Grenade found along shore near Vantage
A pineapple-style grenade was found and detonated near the low water areas at Wanapum Dam.
GRANT COUNTY - An old hand grenade was found Thursday night below the high water mark of the drawn-down Columbia River near the Old Vantage boat launch.
Grant PUD security personnel reportedly found the pineapple-style hand grenade about 6 p.m. Thursday along the shore. The State Patrol bomb squad responded to the scene and detonated the grenade. Residents in Vantage and nearby Sunland Estate may have heard the explosion, according to the sheriff's office.
The grenade was a fragmentation style device of a style developed for use during World War II. The style was used by U.S. armed forces until the late-1960s.
The grenade was found rusty and had apparently been in the river for quite some time. It is unknown how long the grenade was there or how it ended up on the shoreline.
-Staff report
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