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Residents near Avon Park Air Force Range may hear booms Monday

The Air Force range will be detonating munitions Monday.

If you hear some loud booms on Monday morning, don't panic.

Avon Park Air Force Range is warning nearby residents that they will be exploding training munitions between 7 and 10 a.m. Jan. 29.

Officials say they recycle some of the munitions, but twice a year they detonate unsafe ones.

Residents in Highlands and Polk counties are most likely to hear the blasts.

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