MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — A fire tore through multiple self-storage units in Merritt Island Tuesday afternoon. After the flames were out, fire crews made an unusual discovery in one of those units.
Brevard County Fire Rescue confirmed they found a grenade while clearing out the aftermath. The county’s bomb unit safely detonated the device.
The grenade did not start the fire. The cause is still under investigation.
The U-Haul storage center is on Sykes Creek Parkway behind Merritt Square Mall. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke flames across more than a dozen units.
No one was injured.
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