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Thousands evacuated in Frankfurt as WWII bomb defused
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNearly 13,000 residents have been evacuated in Frankfurt as experts defuse an unexploded World War II bomb, local emergency services say.
The 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) British bomb had been found on a construction site in Germany’s financial capital on Thursday, the emergency services says.
A 700-meter (half-mile) evacuation radius was set up in the west of the city center, in an area that included a number of old people’s homes, heating and internet infrastructure and facilities of the Deutsche Bahn national rail operator.
The work is expected to continue into the evening because of coronavirus restrictions, the authorities say.
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