Museum donation turns into hazmat situation in Brooksville

Bottle of 1800s-era picric acid causes hazmat response at Hernando County museum

The chemical compound was used as a textile dye and medicinal treatment in the 1800s until chemists discovered it was a powerful explosive.

Museum donation turns into hazmat situation in Brooksville

What started as a donation to a historical museum turned into a hazardous material situation Friday in Hernando County.

Vintage medicine bottle turns into wartime explosive at Brooksville’s historic May-Stringer House

A routine morning at the historic May-Stringer House in Brooksville took a dangerous turn Friday when workers uncovered a century-old bottle of medicine that had transformed into a volatile explosive.

Hazardous substance found in donated item at May-Stringer House

An innocent donation to the May-Stringer House turned into a hazmat situation on Friday morning in Brooksville. Hernando County Fire Rescue and the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office was called to […] The post Hazardous substance found in donated item at May-Stringer House appeared first on Hernando Sun.

Bomb squad to dispose of 'toxic,' 'explosive' item donated to May-Stringer House: Hernando sheriff

Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said officials are working to safely dispose of a "toxic" and potentially "explosive" item donated to the Historic May-Stringer House Museum in downtown Brooksville.According to the sheriff, shortly after 8 a.m. on July 10, the fire department responded to the location.Sheriff Nienhuis said the donated item is a glass pharmaceutical bottle "a doctor would use around the turn of the century, 18th to 19th." He a…