Winnipeg police detonate ‘volatile material’ found on university campus – Winnipeg

Winnipeg police say they detonated “volatile material” that was removed from the University of Manitoba on Friday afternoon.

Officers were called to the U of M Fort Garry Campus just shy of 11 a.m. Friday after someone called to report that an “unstable chemical with a potential for explosion” was being stored at the site, and deeming it a “potentially dangerous situation.”

The material, learned to be a chemical commonly found in laboratories, was contained.

The bomb unit removed the material from the building and detonated it just after 4 p.m. No one was hurt.

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