Around 3,000 residents in Hohen Neuendorf and Oranienburg must evacuate their homes due to the defusal of two World War II bombs. Road and rail traffic will be restricted, with replacement bus services operating.
Around 3,000 residents in Hohen Neuendorf and Oranienburg, Germany, were evacuated this morning due to the planned detonation of two World War II bombs. Simultaneously, residents in Frankfurt (Oder) were evacuated for the controlled explosion of an anti-tank mine.
More than 1,200 homes in Plymouth have been evacuated after a 250kg German SC250 bomb from WWII was discovered at a construction site in the Southway area. Authorities are preparing to carry out a controlled in-situ explosion after X-ray attempts failed to properly assess one of the bomb's fuses, making it too dangerous to move. A 400-metre exclusion zone has been established.
A 250kg German SC250 bomb from World War Two discovered at a building site in Plymouth's Southway area will be destroyed in a controlled explosion. More than 1,200 homes have been evacuated within a 400m exclusion zone. The bomb cannot be moved because X-ray examinations failed to assess one of its fuses, making transport unsafe. Military teams are working through the night to build a sand structure around the bomb to limit blast and fragmentation damage.
Approximately 1,200 homes in Plymouth, Devon are being evacuated after a suspected unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered at a building site on Flamborough Road. Police extended the initial 200m cordon to 400m following advice from military bomb disposal experts. The Royal Navy Explosives Ordnance Disposal team is on site assessing the device. Plymouth was heavily bombed during WWII with at least 2,820 bombs falling on the city, around 10% failing to detonate.
Video provided by French police shows the controlled detonation of a large bomb dating from the Second World War in Colombes. After attempts to remove the bomb’s detonator failed at midday, authorities buried it and later destroyed it in a controlled detonation.
Thousands of residents in Colombes, a northern suburb of Paris, were evacuated on Sunday as bomb disposal experts safely detonated a World War Two bomb discovered during construction work last month. The 1,000lb device was found on Rue des Champarons on April 10 and rendered safe in a controlled explosion at 15:20, with authorities lifting the evacuation order shortly after 16:00. Nearly 800 police officers were deployed to enforce the 450m exclusion zone, while a second 1km zone allowed residents to remain indoors. The operation marks another in a series of WWII bomb discoveries across Europe, including dozens found in London in recent years.
