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UPDATE from SeattleCrime.com:

 

Update 11:30 a.m.— We're trying to confirm whether the dump is still closed. SPD says they've reopened the streets around the facility, but the department also called in the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team from Ft. Lewis and they're apparently still at the scene. We've heard that folks are being turned away from the dump while bomb techs are on-scene, but neither SPD nor Seattle Public Utilities—which runs the transfer station—could confirm.

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Update from KOMOTV:

Dump workers find live cannon round in recycling Wallingford News

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Seattle Police closed nearby streets and called in their bomb squad after the call came in at 8:45 a.m., Det. Mark Jamieson said.

The bomb squad secured the scene, but police called a Dept. of Defense explosives team from Ft. Lewis to take over because it is a military explosive.

"They’re kind of the subject matter experts on that," Jamieson said. "If it was some other type of explosive, we’d probably handle it."

Jamieson said he's not sure if the artillery round has yet been removed from the dump, but, he said, "Nobody is in any danger. It has been rendered safe."

He said he's not sure how the workers were able to correctly identify the exact type explosive, which is typically used in cannons, but they apparently knew their stuff.

"They told us and we confirmed it," he said.