After a dud from the Second World War was discovered during construction work at the Heidelberg train station on Thursday, thousands of residents now have to leave their homes by noon. Only then can the 250-kilogram bomb be neutralized.
In order to defuse a World War II bomb, the Heidelberg police started evacuating a large area around the train station in the morning. A police spokesman said several thousand people were affected. Emergency services go door to door and inform those affected over loudspeakers. The kindergartens, schools, universities and companies remain closed in the area. Only the main station should remain open as long as possible.
The area should be evacuated by noon, it is said. The station is then closed for a short time and the explosive ordnance clearance service begins to defuse it. The dud from World War II was discovered on Thursday during construction work near the train station. The bomb, weighing 250 kilograms, was then secured by the ordnance clearance service and guarded by the police overnight. A 50 meter safety radius was set up for this purpose.
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