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[BREAKING] Germany: several buildings on fire as WW2-era bomb defuse goes bad
Just came in over the ticker...
Authorities say the defuse of a WW2 era 250 kilo air drop bomb in Munich went bad on late Thursday night. Eye witnesses say the roof structures of several buildings are on fire. The situation is unclear. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on Monday night.
Hope everyone's alright!
Here's a day old article about the evacuation...
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Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Munich on Monday night after the disposal of a 250-kilo World War II bomb proved more complicated than expected. “It could go off at any time,” said a fire department spokesman.
The closure of Schwabinger 7 had infuriated many who saw it as a legendary part of Munich’s night-life, one of the last remaining dark, scruffy places, where the Rolling Stones used to go drinking when hanging out with Uschi Obermaier.
All attempts to save the bar failed – and the sounds made by late-night boozers was replaced by the rumble of the building being pulled down. Workers with pneumatic drills were hard at work on Monday, while all around them people went about their business in the lively district.
Until a digger scraped against metal on Monday – and work on the site was halted.
Even then Munich bomb disposal officer Diethard Posorski and his colleagues assumed it was a ‘normal’ bomb – which although dangerous, can be handled with care.
It took several hours before it became clear that the 250-kilo bomb was not the normal kind; it has a chemical detonator, said Posorski.
“That is a chemical delayed-action detonator. I am not defusing that, I’m not suicidal,” he told the Münchner Zeitung newspaper on Monday night.
He referred to the three people who died in Göttingen in 2010 trying to defuse exactly the same kind of bomb, which exploded when they lifted it up a little.
“We also lifted this one up a touch, but thank God, we survived,” he said.
The operation to clear people from their homes started on Monday night at around 10pm and was later extended so that around 2,500 living within 300 metres of the bomb were affected.
They were given just minutes to grab a few things and leave. Officials went door to door making sure everyone had heard and understood the instructions being blared out by loudspeaker.
And this is why we evacuate. Hope nobody got hurt.
Wow that is a nasty sounding WWII bomb fuse. Hope all the people are okay. I wonder how it denoated? did a controlled det?
Apparently it was a "controlled" detonation so fingers crossed no one got hurt.
But it seems Schwabinger 7 went out with a bang. Literally.
Now the rich kids got Schwabing for themselves.
the detonation was planned yes, the result.. not so much.
Wow.
This doesn't look according to plan?
Perhaps another bomb was below it?
Authorities say it was a controlled detonation... though the pictures look really grim!
video of the detonation:
looks like the original detonation did not result in an immediate fire.. probably some burning debris that got flung onto roofs?
Wow that's no joke. Big kudos to the guys that deal with those things.
Hard to tell if that was the control going up or the bomb itself.
This is a big deal for the Germans.Hope noboddy was hurt but imagine how it would of looked like just 70 years ago.When US and British bombers rained death day and night on Germany.
We have right now in Warsaw an ongoing operation to safely remove 60cm 1,5 ton round from Karl Mortar. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4tOriginally Posted by Silent Reader
It was found during metro construction... 2nd this year... and last month 250kg bomb was also found.... 300m apart from each other...
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/regionalne...#photo12662285
Also several thousand people are evacuated...
It gives a weird feeling, doesn't it? Suddenly, the war is there again... 67 years after its official end.
Too true. I mean, look at this thing. How can one even determine the exact type?
on the second image I posted it looks like they cut off (?) the tip to look into it..
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