Almost 100 grenades and around 2,500 artillery shells, left behind by the Soviet military, were discovered on the Lithuanian Air Defense Battalion's grounds in the northern town of Radviliškis on Tuesday.
The Fire Protection and Rescue Department reported that a total of 97 different types of grenades and 2,485 units of various artillery shells were found shortly after noon, leading authorities to cordon off the area.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces said on Wednesday that the explosives were unearthed by excavation workers on the battalion's grounds in Radviliškis.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialists, who were called to the scene, say the explosives may have been abandoned by the Soviet army because a military unit was based in the area.
The explosives were loaded into a car by the EOD specialists and left on the battalion's grounds overnight. They were to be transported to a quarry for safe detonation on Wednesday.
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