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There's the thing! 250 kilo bomb defused in the Euro industrial park: This is how the dangerous operation went

2021-11-18T16:15:41.458Z


In Freimann, experts have defused an aerial bomb. The 250 kilo part comes from World War II. Residents and business people had to leave their homes.


In Freimann, experts have defused an aerial bomb.

The 250 kilo part comes from World War II.

Residents and business people had to leave their homes.

  • A 250-kilo aerial bomb was found in Freimann

  • Bomb defusers from the Free State had to arrive on site

  • The explosives clearance service successfully defused the bomb

Munich - Memories of the Schwabing aircraft bomb from 2012 were awakened when a 250 kilo bomb from the Second World War was recently discovered during construction work near the Bayern barracks at the Euro-Industriepark in Freimann.

It comes from American pilots and had to be defused on site.

Bomb defusing in Munich: 47 residents were evacuated

47 residents had to leave their homes to work in Freimann, but according to the fire brigade, it was mainly the industrial area that was affected.

At 8:15 a.m., the Free State's explosives clearance service arrived to neutralize the 250-kilo part.

The traffic closure lasted until 9 a.m., after which the good news followed: Mission successful!

The bomb has been defused.

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An expert from the explosives clearance service shows the spark plugs

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Munich: Air bomb was from the Second World War

“From our point of view, the defusing went smoothly.

The organization was very good and the spark plug was interrupted quickly, ”said chief defuser Torsten Thienert from the Tauber company.

The bomb would have "had a similar explosive power as the Schwabinger 2012", he explained.

on the situation in Maria-Probst-Straße.

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At 9 o'clock the bomb was defused and then transported away

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With around 50 emergency services, volunteers and professional fire brigades were also on site.

In the meantime, eleven construction workers had to be looked after, who had not heard of the defusing campaign beforehand.

In the meantime, they had to wait in a retirement home for the mission to end.

The fire brigade finally announced on Twitter that all blocks have been lifted.

The restricted area was around 500 meters around the site on the site of the former Bayern barracks.

Source: merkur

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