Posted on 07/21/2015 11:10:09 AM PDT by smokingfrog
Narragansett police on Tuesday released a 911 call made after an explosion on Salty Brine State Beach.
A Waterbury, Connecticut, woman was injured in the blast. A family member said she was thrown about 10 feet.
The caller tells the 911 operator she doesn't know exactly what happened, but that the injured woman needs help.
Caller: "Hi, I'm at Salty Brine Beach ... The rock, like, fell on her."
Operator: "The rock fell on her? At Salty Brine? Do you know if they're pinned under the rock?"
Caller: "I heard a bang. People are saying that the rocks exploded."
Operator: "We're going to send fire, rescue and police down there."
The cause of the July 11 explosion has yet to be explained. The woman who was hurt is recuperating at home.
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The woman who was hurt is recuperating at home, and the frog is still smoking on the beach.
Been several reports of WWII era munitions washing up on beaches - is it possible this was the case here?
Take my grandson to that beach, no explosive residue at the scene. Perhaps a natural cause? Organic material producing gas?
I swear I was no where near that beach...
It’s still a mystery. Should the beach still be open, or is this just a freak thing?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-injured-rhode-island-beach-blast-furious-beach/story?id=32512998
Very possible. There are munitions all over Carroll Island in MD, but people used to fish around it anyway.
She ate at Taco Bell the night before, but just won’t admit it?
Brilliant. Call the ATF bomb people to test for residue from a bomb, old one or not. Sheesh.
Might have that actually and don’t want to speak about it. Entirely possible an old german submarine borne mine or the payload of a torpedo that finally rusted through to the detonator. Maybe.
It looks like they had a bomb sniffing dog there that didn’t hit on anything, so I’m guessing this was not from an explosive device.
Supposedly, the explosion threw the lady about 10 feet, and she does not appear to be very light weight, but the weird thing is that the beach chairs right next to the explosion don’t appear to have been knocked-over.
I always like it when 911 callers start out with, “Hi”.
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