Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Hundreds of Londoners evacuated after WWII bomb discovered

Scores of families in east London were evacuated Monday night as bomb disposal experts were called to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb discovered at a building site.
The bomb was unearthed by contractors working in Bethnal Green just after midday Monday, triggering the introduction of a police hazard zone and the evacuation of 150 local residents.  Sappers were called to the scene at 17:00 BST and worked through the night to defuse the 500lb device. 
Families were evacuated to a local school where Tower Hamlets Council set up a rest center. The exclusion zone was also extended to 200 meters from the bomb’s location. 

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INC News, 11/08/2015 - via RT

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