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RRHokie90
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Explosion at the Army munitions plant?

Still remember, vaguely, driving by that place on the back roads to Radford to see a girlfriend... Vaguely....
Posted: 03/01/2025 at 04:17 PM ET

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Explosion at the Army munitions plant? ◄
RRHokie90 • 03/01/25 04:17 PM ET
TNT line blew up during my junior year (1973-74).
Hokie in CT • 03/02/25 10:42 PM ET
Is it April 1st?**
MikeVT85 • 03/02/25 01:20 PM ET
Canoed once through arsenal rapids on the New River.
FrederickHokie • 03/02/25 12:00 AM ET
Worked for 2 years total there as a co-op student 89-91…
VT BronzeBacker • 03/01/25 09:37 PM ET
Crazy...madness... fascinating **
RRHokie90 • 03/01/25 09:38 PM ET
It is built for explosions. Spent a fair amount of time there for work->
HOKIERIT • 03/01/25 08:39 PM ET
Meh, I grew up in Fairlawn and safety at RAAP was pretty good. Only remembe
DonHo-kieHi • 03/01/25 07:57 PM ET
It's kind of on the main road, and literally blows up all the time**
JoesterVT • 03/01/25 04:27 PM ET
That doesn’t happen. First big incident since 2018. **
Jackie VT • 03/01/25 08:44 PM ET
It used to blow up on a regular basis.**
EDGEMAN • 03/01/25 04:20 PM ET
truth....we'd hear it in Blacksburg....**
RRHokie90 • 03/01/25 04:24 PM ET
Yep. I remembered hearing it blow up when I was a VT student.**
EDGEMAN • 03/01/25 04:28 PM ET
I think there were 2 big boom accidents there from Fall 1984 through Spring
Late 80s Hokie • 03/01/25 05:20 PM ET