Bomb Disposal Team tend to unsafe chemical at ITT
An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a quantity of unstable picric acid at Institute of Technology Tralee this afternoon.
The Defence Forces deployed the team to ITT where the unstable chemical had been found during a routine audit of chemicals in a Science Laboratory.
The team arrived on scene at 11.45am and removed the chemical to waste ground.
The Bomb Disposal Team carried out a controlled explosion in order to make the chemical safe. The scene was declared safe at 1pm.
Picric acid is a chemical re-agent and is routinely used in laboratories but can crystallise and become unstable over time.
This is the 143rd call out for the Army Bomb Disposal Teams this year and the 11th substance of concern safely disposed of.
