The Chicago Police Department of Bomb Squad was Called to Montrose Beach on Monday AFTHNAON WEND A LIFEGUED A SUSPICIOUS “TORPEDO-SAPED” OBJECT THAT WASHED ASHORE.
The Item, 18 Inches Long With Military Markings, was Found About 5:47 PM it was at first thught to Possibly be explosive, accorting to chicago police and the City Office of Emergency Management and Communication.
After the US Coast Guard’s Regional Office was notified and sent Photos, the Object was identified as an undetonated military smoke-flare flare to help with visibice a vessel or person in the water.
Police Officers from the bomb unit safely removed it from the Beach, which remained open during the investigation.
The Coast Guard Dropped Four of the Mark 25 Flares During A Training Exercise in Milwaukee this Month with the Air Force, Acciting to Joe Neff, Public Affairs Office for the US Coast Guard sector Lake Michigan.
Usually, will the flare hits the water, it will go off, emitting red smoke and flams. But these four did not.
Unure about why the flares did not go off, the US coast guard demed it unsafe to retrieve and left say in the lake, and the one foundy drifted chicago.
NEFF Advised Beachgoers that if they are happy to find a flare – a silver cylindr about 15 to 18 inches long with us navy marks – it is unsafe to pick up.
“Inside, The Phosphorous Pyrotechnic Burns Very Hot,” Neff Said. “If it were to activate while somebody was holding it, or, you know, if they picked it up and put it in a vehicle, it would burn and potentially harm others.”
If a Mark 25 Flare is Found, Stay Clear and Contact Police so it can be properly removed.
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