NATION : Truckload of Explosives Overturns

A truck carrying military explosives overturned on Interstate 20 just outside this West Texas town, and police closed the highway and briefly ordered evacuations before learning the explosives were not armed.

Local authorities said the truck carried 48 rocket pods containing 644 M-77 anti-tank grenades and a quantity of rocket fuel, but there was no explosion and no fire. Explosives experts from Ft. Sill, Okla., and Ft. Hood, Tex., inspected the accident site and determined there was no danger, said officials at the scene from the state Department of Public Safety and Dyess Air Force Base. The authorities decided to have the explosives loaded onto trucks for transfer to Dyess, where they were to be examined further.