Possible explosive device found near Lemoore deemed inert

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Kings County Sheriff's Department bomb squad deemed a possible explosive device safe Monday night.

The device was found just west of Lemoore and east of the Naval Air Station in a riverbed off Highway 198.

Action News viewer Steven Seaver sent in a picture of what the sheriff's department says may be an old training ordnance from the air base. The device was embedded into the Kings River. It appears the device has been there for quite some time, and because of the drought it became visible.

The bomb squad determined the ordnance was inert and pulled it out.