The discovery of a 250-pound bomb from the Second World War forced the evacuation of 14,000 people. The unexploded bomb was found in Lublin, Poland. Residents were told they had to leave their township on the morning of August 11. According to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wybocrza, the plan required the removal of the bomb from the city by 11 am, but the operation was delayed for several hours as not everyone responded to the evacuation call. The police then went door to door to evacuate people from the dangerous area.
Also among the residents were 600 to 800 people with disabilities and mobility problems. Therefore, the city provided special buses to transport people with disabilities. The evacuees were transferred to the Arena Lublin stadium, and those in need of expert assistance were transferred to nursing homes. The 250-pound bomb was found during construction work in a residential area in early August. Before World War II, it turned out that there was an aircraft manufacturer and an airport on the site. The second structure may have been the target of the bomb. During the German occupation, a prison and a penal camp were located at the site of the bomb.
According to the experts interviewed, the size of the bomb and the risk of explosion necessitated the creation of a security zone with a radius of approximately 800 meters, according to local media reports. There are already a number of new residential towers on the site where the bomb was located. There is also a gas station and a large grocery store nearby. Authorities have asked local residents to turn off gas, water and electricity, as well as close doors and windows, before leaving their homes and businesses. They were also required to bring their identity documents and necessary medicines with them. 13 military engineers intervened on the scene and carried out the removal and transportation of the bomb.
It has been learned that the citizens will return to their homes in the afternoon. Emilia Mich, lieutenant and press officer of the 1st Roads and Bridges Battalion in Dęblin, told Gazeta Wyborcza that the unexploded bomb will be transported to the Nowa Dęba training ground and detonated there under safe conditions. Lublin is not an isolated case. More than eighty years after the outbreak of the Second World War, large numbers of bombs and other explosives are still found in Europe. Earlier this year, a bomb accidentally went off during decommissioning in Great Yarmouth, England.
Source: Today IT
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