"Body of Contractor Killed in APG Explosion To Be Flown Back to His Native India."
As the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives continues investigating the explosion at Aberdeen Proving Ground last Saturday that killed contractor Dr. Nanaj Bhamare, a friend of the worker has told Patch that Bhamare's body will be flown back to India for burial.
Bhamare came to America in the late 1980s and devoted much of his career to working with chemical reactions, said a family friend who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“He started working at APG a couple of months ago,” the friend said. “He does not have any family here. All his family is in India.”
The friend said Bhamare's body would be flown back to India on Monday for a burial in his native country.
Meanwhile, Clare A. Weber, a representative from the ATF field office in Baltimore, said her agency is awaiting the results of a chemistry analysis from ATF's National Laboratory Center.
“The ATF provides supplemental expertise to our state, local, and military partners because we have highly trained and educated 'certified explosives specialists,'" Weber said.
The ATF utilizes the National Laboratory Center in Beltsville, where forensic chemists and experts can analyze the debris to determine the presence of any chemicals or explosive substances or materials, Weber said.
“They also requested our assistance due to the complexity of the explosives, fire scene,” Weber said of APG. “In addition to the explosion, then subsequent fire, the scene contained chem, bio-hazards as well as bloodborne pathogens, which ATF has better capabilities to handle.” (Emphasis supplied, MBV)
Weber said additional details about the explosion, which occurred in the Edgewood area of the base, would be made public as they become available.
But according to APG officials, one thing is clear: no radioactive materials were involved. (Emphasis supplied, MBV)
"No radioactive materials were involved." Well, I know I feel better now, knowing that. Sounds like just about every other mortal threat to mankind was, though. When they get what it is they're working on perfected, maybe ATF can arrange to run it south of the border to justify greater regulation of birdbombs or chemistry sets, or whatever. As long as it involves more power, money and control, what does it matter?
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Since it will undoubtedly involve their monumental stupidity, maybe they can pass it around in the development stage, and see how it works.
Geee, they sure get their public relations points out front first don't they? We're important to national and law enforcement infrastructure....
Oh yeah, pathogens probably means body parts and the good doctor was probably scraped up in a jar for transport.
I can't speak to the chem or biohazards, but getting a yearly course on blood borne pathogens I'd guess they are referring to bloody gobbets blown off Dr. Bhamare. All blood spill is assumed to be infected these days and treated as such.
The Edgewood area is where the used to store the chemical weapons.
What's more interesting is that he had only been working there a few months. Getting Indians and associated ethnic groups to set off bombs could be used later as video evidence of terrorist activity, ya think??? They just lost one of their prime suspects in next weeks terror bombing of ......!
How come nobody called Janet with a 'if you see something' tip??
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