Explosives experts from the Chattanooga Police Department spent eight hours Monday removing 91 sticks of dynamite that were discovered in a duplex under renovation on M.L. King Boulevard.
“It is not known how long the explosive was stored in the duplex nor who the original owner was,” police spokeswoman Jerri Weary said in a news release. “The sticks possessed the ability to cause massive damage to the duplex and several surrounding homes had it detonated on site.”
Police were notified by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms after the bureau received a call from a construction company working on renovating the duplex at 906 M.L. King Blvd., Weary said.
The sticks were found in a box under a stairway, according to police.
Several of the eight hours were spent preparing for the dynamite’s removal, Weary said.