Quantico, Va. — What do you get when you mix a 500-pound bomb and just the right weather conditions? A big boom that was felt across the Potomac Communities on Thursday.
Marines on Quantico’s munitions range detonated a 500 – pound explosive device about 2:30 p.m. While there have been larger bombs detonated at the range before, officials say low-hanging clouds helped to compound the effects heard and felt by this particular explosive.
Quantico, Va. — What was that loud noise that rattles windows and nerves heard about 2:20 p.m.? Officials can’t say for sure, however, there was no reported emergency in the area, like a fire, that could have caused the boom.
Quantico reported they were conducting explosive munitions training between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., but officials there have not responded to a request for comment following the boom.
Quantico, Va. — A fire at Quantico on Tuesday sent a Marine to Washington Hospital Center’s Burn unit.
A storage facility at Camp Upshur caught fire about 1:16 p.m. prompting base fire crews to battle the blaze, said Quantico Marine Corps Base spokesman 1st Lt. Augustin Solivan.
Quantico, Va. — Quantico just got a DMV office, even if it’s open just one day a month.
Virginia DMV officials and commanders at Quantico on Dec. 12 celebrated the opening of DMV 2 Go mobile office, which provides many of the same services offered to residents who visit DMV offices across the state.
Triangle, Va. — There was some hair-raising moments this morning for two people that became stuck in an elevator at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the museum about 9:40 a.m. after the freight elevator got stuck. Two people were inside the elevator car for about 10 minutes before fire crews and an elevator repairman were able to help get the elevator car moving again and occupants out, said museum spokeswoman Gwenn Adams.
Prince William County, Va. — The communication system used by first responders in Prince William County could soon get an upgrade.
County officials want to replace the radio system used by county police, fire and rescue personnel, public schools, sheriff’s office and jail with a new system guaranteed to last 15 years. It comes with a $16 million contract price tag with nearly $6 million in incentives worked into the deal, according to county documents.
The victim was walking along the tracks in the area of Range Road when it appears he was struck by a passing train, police said.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene, and police said his death appears to be an accident.
The three-mile run begins at 6:45 a.m. am on Quantico and will start at Barnett Field House, and will serve as the kick-off event for this year’s charity collection.
Toys for Tots and the U.S. Marine Corps each year during November and December collect new, unwrapped toys for children. The charity began in 1947 after a group of Marine Reservists collected 5,000 toys for children in Los Angeles.
Quantico, Va. — The Bank of America at 301 Potomac Avenue in Quantico wants to close for good.
This has left residents and businesses that rely on the bank – the only one in town – upset at the thought of losing it, reports Insidenova.com.
Quantico, Va. — The Command Post Pub in Quantico is about to get new life Monday.
The popular Tiziano’s Italian Restaurant in Dumfries will open a second location at the old Q Town staple on Potomac Avenue and will be called Tiziano’s at the Command Post Pub. Owner Robert Aquino, 58, says he’s excited to open a new business in a place that for more than 30 years had served Marines and locals alike.
