LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. – Authorities have burned about 600 pounds of dynamite found at a Campbell County house by sheriff’s deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Thursday night.
Authorities initially evacuated a half-mile area around the home in the Coolidge community near LaFollette. The evacuation was lifted early Friday when the Knox County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad neutralized the explosives and burned them on the property where they were found.
Five families had been told to leave their homes for safety.
Campbell County Sheriff Robbie Goins said a man who lived at the house was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court. Goins said Friday that additional charged would be filed.
“Once we were on the scene, we learned there were explosives on the property,” Goins said.