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Montevideo, November 13th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

Tag: Argentine gun emplacements

  • Friday, January 10th 2020 - 10:30 UTC

    Bush fire in Falklands sets off dangerous .50 caliber rounds explosions

    No injuries were sustained during the fire “just some blisters - but that's normal,” said fire-fighters showing some of the rounds

    Fifty calibre rounds exploded in burning bushes as the Falkland Islands Fire and Rescue Service battled a gorse-bush fire in the early hours of January 6. Watch Manager Gene Berntsen told Penguin News this week that the rounds were heard by members of the public exploding before the arrival of the Fire Service and by fire-fighters as they tackled the fire.