All of the occupiers have finally left the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, but they warned that they left behind some booby traps for authorities to dismantle, according to a Friday Reuters report.
“They spoke to us about booby traps. We don’t know how sophisticated or what kind,” a law enforcement official told Reuters.
Federal workers at the refuge before the standoff had materials on hand to create controlled fires, which would have left the occupiers with the materials to create explosives, the official told Reuters. So law enforcement will have to be careful when moving through the refuge.
“There were materials that could be used to create hazardous devices, so it’s just very prudent for us to do to that,” the official said.
FBI special agent in charge Greg Bretzing told reporters on Thursday that the clean-up at the refuge could take weeks. He said that FBI “bomb technicians” would “methodically work their way through the property to locate and mitigate any explosive-related hazards.”
The final four remaining occupiers turned themselves in to federal authorities on Thursday, ending the 41-day occupation of the refuge.
