More bombs found in east Orlando

The Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday that it found more munitions on a former World War II-era bombing range in southeast Orlando and that the items will be destroyed tomorrow morning by demolition.

Since July 2007, the Corps have found more than 400 bombs and rockets and 14 tons of munitions debris on the former 12,483-acre Pinecastle Jeep Range.

The most recent munitions, remains of several M30 incendiary bombs, were found on some vacant land, commonly called the Mockingbird property, off Lee Vista Boulevard.

Many bombs were found last year under the property of Odyssey Middle School as well as in and near the planned developments of Crowntree Lakes, Vista Lakes and Tivoli Woods.

The Corps has spent $10 million so far on its clean up efforts.

Exactly why homes and a school were built along the fringe of a former bombing range is the topic of several ongoing class action lawsuits.

Corps spokeswoman Amanda Ellison said that the most recent ordnance discovered is scheduled to be destroyed Thursday about 10 a.m. and that the public is not in danger.

The items need to be destroyed because they might still contain thermite, a flammable compound, even after six decades in the ground.