UPDATE: The emergency situation at the Fort Benning WTB is close to a resolution. The details of the situation are as follows: A Soldier who asked for help with a battery jump, mis-identified part of the electrical system within the assisting person's vehicle.Due to the Soldier's concern for the safety of personnel in the area, he alerted emergency officials to what he felt to be a threat. Officials on scene have determined the situation is not a threat to personnel in the area and are completing their final checks. We will let you know when the area is officially cleared.
Did someone get the wires crossed when they jumpered the battery?!?
Crossed his jumper cables? Melted down a Prius? Nobody’s gonna confess to that.
So, some kid got the polarity backwards while hooking up two high amperage 12v batteries and blew one of them up. Hope he wasn’t too near it.
That “explanation” makes it sound as if some idiot thought part of a car’s engine was a “bomb”.