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Beach cylinder still unidentified, now with state environmental agency

A Florida Department of Environmental Protection team is now examining the cylinder that washed ashore in nor'easter conditions; the hazmat crew that fetched it still can't name it.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat metal cylinder from the Flagler County beach is now with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and it still has not been identified.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo St. Johns County's hazmat team picked up something nobody can name. That's an unmarked package with a fire truck.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe state is examining it to find its origins. Until then it's a hazard with no name.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLeft on read by a nor'easter and still nobody's claimed it.

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