Air Force Base-Explosion
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) – An official with the Davis
County sheriff’s office in northern Utah says there has been an
explosion at Hill Air Force Base.
Capt. Kenny Payne says the office got a request for assistance
with traffic control at the base. He says the base’s gate on the
west side in Clearfield has been shut down and traffic was being
diverted to the south gate.
Payne says the only details he has are that there was an
explosion at a weapons cache.
The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reports that power at the base
was knocked out. Aerial photos on KSL-TV showed an area of
blackened grass and two emergency vehicles at the scene.
Officials at Hill Air Force Base did not immediately return
messages seeking information.
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