Mining explosives found in a box by landscapers working in Washington Terrace

SALT LAKE CITY — Residents were evacuated and two schools were placed in secured status after landscapers found a box with decades-old mining explosives on Monday morning.

According to the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 8:45 a.m., sheriff deputies responded to a call of explosives found at a residence in Washington Terrace.

“Landscapers working in the area of 4700 S. 175 West were digging in a yard and found suspicious-looking items in a box buried in the dirt,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

The sheriff’s office said that the landscapers believed the objects were explosives and evacuated the area with the homeowners.

When other agencies responded to the scene, they evacuated more residents and placed Bonneville High School and Washington Terrace Elemen