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More Bombs Found Near Odyssey Middle School Have Residents Concerned

Posted: 7:01 am EST January 21, 2008

The Army Corps of Engineers said they plan on detonating more bombs at Odyssey Middle School Monday during the holiday break.


SLIDESHOW: Bombs Detonated On Campus Of Orange County Middle School

Residents in the area said they were getting desperate to sell their homes. Like many people who live near Odyssey Middle School in southeast Orlando, Ruth Ortiz is frustrated.

Ortiz is selling her house at an $80,000 loss and said she plans to sue the builder for not telling her about potential hazards around the old Pinecastle jeep range.

"I'm worried about what is going on around here in the houses, the prices the safety. Everything is going. It's going down," Ortiz said.

During the Christmas break, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dug up 400 pounds of World War II-era bombs and rockets on the school grounds and detonated them on January 5.

Brittney Keithan and her fiancé live nearby.

"It really shook the house. Like nine, ten, one after the other after the other," Keithan said.

She described sounds that other neighbors say will never be forgotten.

"There is yards and yards of woods and how can they say there's no bombs in there? There could be bombs everywhere," said Pedro Gallardo, a resident.

The Army Corps of Engineers first notified residents in the area about the bombs in June of 2007. They did not say when the search for more explosives would be concluded.

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