Oberhausen/Duisburg (dpa/lnw) - Almost 23,000 people in Duisburg and Oberhausen have to adapt to restrictions during the detonation of a World War II bomb on Thursday. Because the 20-hundredweight find on the Emscher in the Holten district of Oberhausen cannot be defused, 2,700 people in Oberhausen and 1,600 in Duisburg have to leave their homes from 9 a.m. From midday, around 19,000 residents in both cities together are also being asked to stay at home because their houses and apartments are in the danger zone of 1000 to 2000 meters. The controlled demolition is planned for the afternoon.
In local transport, several bus and train lines have to be stopped from 12 p.m. Autobahn 3 (Oberhausen-Frankfurt) will be closed from 1 p.m. between the Oberhausen and Oberhausen-West interchanges until the blast.
