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Substance Found In Whitehall Identified

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published September 7, 2012 at 8:28 AM EDT

U.S. Military officials say a chemical used in flares and matches is the substance unearthed Wednesday by a construction crew in Whitehall.Officials at the Defense Supply Center says a soup can-sized container of phosphorous was found near the front gate. The Columbus Bomb Squad disposed of the can without incident. 
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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