Jump to content

6,000 evacuate as WWII bomb defused outside Paris


Recommended Posts

Posted

6,000 evacuate as WWII bomb defused outside Paris

2011-02-07 09:29:19 GMT+7 (ICT)

PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- Around 6,000 people were evacuated from a Parisian suburb during the defusing of a World War II bomb that was discovered last week, local media reported Sunday.

The Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt was evacuated Sunday morning so a team of experts could defuse the 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) bomb without the threat of having any civilian casualties, Radio France Internationale reported.

Local authorities checked each house within the 400-meter (1,300-foot) danger zone to make sure no resident was still in the area when the defusing began at around 11 a.m. local time.

The bomb was found on January 27 on a building site where several Renault factories used to operate. During World War II, the factories were bombed on a number of occasions as they supplied the German occupying force.

tvn.png

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-02-07

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...