Seraphim
03-03-2004, 02:48 PM
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This is a 1998 file photo of one of scores of Earth-covered, concrete bunkers nestled in the meandering foothills of the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Ala. that store chemical weapons. Trace amounts of deadly sarin nerve agent leaked from a weapons storage bunker like this one at Anniston Army Depot, but no one was injured. The military said the incident occurred Tuesday, March 2, 2004 during a routine check for leaking chemical weapons at the depot, where tons of munitions are stored inthe concrete igloos 50 miles east of Birmingham. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
ANNISTON, Ala. - A trace amount of sarin nerve agent leaked from a weapons storage bunker at Anniston Army Depot, but no one was injured.
Workers were conducting routine checks for leaks Tuesday when a monitor detected the agent outside the airtight bunker where the weapons are stored.
Sarin did not escape the area, and the concentration was not enough to hurt anyone, said Cathy Coleman, a spokeswoman Anniston Chemical Activity, which oversees the stockpile.
Tons of munitions are stored in dirt-covered, concrete igloos at the depot 50 miles east of Birmingham.
Since 1982, the Army has found 897 leaking chemical weapons in storage at the depot, where the military is using an incinerator to destroy the aging weapons.
This is a 1998 file photo of one of scores of Earth-covered, concrete bunkers nestled in the meandering foothills of the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Ala. that store chemical weapons. Trace amounts of deadly sarin nerve agent leaked from a weapons storage bunker like this one at Anniston Army Depot, but no one was injured. The military said the incident occurred Tuesday, March 2, 2004 during a routine check for leaking chemical weapons at the depot, where tons of munitions are stored inthe concrete igloos 50 miles east of Birmingham. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
ANNISTON, Ala. - A trace amount of sarin nerve agent leaked from a weapons storage bunker at Anniston Army Depot, but no one was injured.
Workers were conducting routine checks for leaks Tuesday when a monitor detected the agent outside the airtight bunker where the weapons are stored.
Sarin did not escape the area, and the concentration was not enough to hurt anyone, said Cathy Coleman, a spokeswoman Anniston Chemical Activity, which oversees the stockpile.
Tons of munitions are stored in dirt-covered, concrete igloos at the depot 50 miles east of Birmingham.
Since 1982, the Army has found 897 leaking chemical weapons in storage at the depot, where the military is using an incinerator to destroy the aging weapons.