A NEW danger is washing up on Sussex beaches - military flares.

After the discovery of toxic drums, police have now warned people to be on the look out for dangerous magnesium flares. Army bomb disposal experts were called to Hove yesterday when a walker on the beach near Grand Avenue reported seeing military shells on the shingle. The grey and silver cylinders about 18 inches long, were identified as French-made air-launch flares, filled with phosphorous and magnesium. Bomb squad officers took them away for disposal. The flares carry warning labels in French and police have warned anyone finding others not to approach them. Aspokesman said: "If anyone comes across these flares, and we expect more to be washed up, they should note its location and inform the police immediately. "On no account should anyone try to touch them." The latest danger follows a week of activity on Sussex beaches as fire fighters clear the coastline of drums filled with toxic chemicals. The drums are believed to have come ashore from a ship that sank in the Channel off the Dorset coast eight years ago.

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