Bomb successfully defused
The explosive ordnance disposal service successfully defused the American aerial bomb at around 2.30 pm. After loading the bomb, the evacuated residents can return to their houses and apartments.
Aureliusstraße will remain closed to vehicles until 3.30 p.m. so that the residents can be brought back to the local retirement home by the fire department and aid organizations.
The bomb, weighing 250 kilograms, was found yesterday afternoon (January 21) during construction work on a building site at Franzstraße 58.
Therefore, an area within a radius of 400 meters around the bomb was evacuated in the morning. Around 6,200 people were affected. A total of around 200 people had gathered in the care center in the business area of the Tivoli. ASEAG drove those affected from the Tivoli back to the bus station and the Normaluhr free of charge until 3.30 pm.
There were 182 firefighters on site. Together with 118 members of aid organizations and a large number of police officers, they supported the 65 colleagues from the Safety and Order Department in evacuating the area.
The defused bomb is removed by the NRW Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service.
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