{"id":63862,"date":"2026-03-17T20:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=63862"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:17:49","slug":"polk-county-fire-rescue-pcfr-crews-responded-to-an-unexploded-ordnance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/03\/17\/polk-county-fire-rescue-pcfr-crews-responded-to-an-unexploded-ordnance\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews responded to an unexploded ordnance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"736c5a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63863 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #736c5a; width:353px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/651761441_1253261456991042_1576938428959473228_n.webp?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews responded to an unexploded ordnance in Fort Meade. The call came after a group of children discovered a <strong>military training grenade<\/strong> while playing in an open lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PCFR secured the area while the State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad investigated and retrieved the grenade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office also assisted with the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews responded to an unexploded ordnance in Fort Meade. 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