Evacuations Over in Vernon When No Blasting Cap Is Found

What crews discovered was a rock with holes bored into it.

A Vernon neighborhood was evacuated and had a bit of a scare after contractors dug up what looked like a blasting cap late Tuesday morning, but it was notbing dangerous.

What construction workers dug up on South Street near Knollwood Drive was actually a rock with two wires coming out of it, officials said.

Police evacuated the immediate area as a precaution and notified the Hartford bomb squad, but have since cleared the scene.

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