Dozens of World War II bombs unearthed at children’s playground in northern England

London – This could have been an explosive discovery. But fortunately, more than 170 World War II bombs found under the children’s playground in northeastern England did not stop and workers managed to recover them.

Local Parish Council spokesman, Karen Rogers, told NBC News Tuesday that construction workers received the first bomb when they started work on the Scotters Park playground in the small town of Wooller last month. Since then, he said 176 The bombs were recovered.

The council said in a news release on Friday that the search was “unexpectedly”, saying that the bombing experts, the Burmestone site investigations, searching the site for more explosives Called for

In their first day, they exposed 65 practice bombs, each of which weighs 10 pounds, A The release states that the area is more than just 10 square feet.

The release states that, “While this ordinance is described as a practice bomb, they still have a charge.” He added that by the end of the second day, 90 more practice bombs have been recovered.

Given the included numbers, Bomb The release states that “professionals need to be recovered to satisfy all concerned people that the play park area is once again safe for contractors and finally the goods users.”

“Our primary concern is to completely secure the site and re -resume the installation of the playground as fully included,” said Rogers, a spokesman for the council.

A spokeswoman for the Bramestone site investigation told NBC News that his engineers’ team is currently working on the site to safely remove and dispose of all bombs, but said the work was completed until it was completed. Unable to comment more for safety and operational reasons. They did not say when it could happen.

In a separate interview with BBCCouncilor Mark Mather said that the area may have been used by the Home Guard Training Ground where army officers from all over the country came.

He added, “After the war, it seemed that they had buried all ordinances in just one pit.”

This is the first time that the UK has been discovered in the Second World War Ordinance.

Thousands of people were called “one of the biggest peace time withdrawal operations” after the discovery of an unnamed bomb in a garden last February. One of the operations was said.

Authorities, before the sea explosion, weighs more than a thousand pounds.

Further, in the north, in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, three unmanned bombs dropped during a raid in Germany in 1940, on the streets of the city, According to the police archives.

So far, only one -third of the Children’s Park has been cleared in Wooller as officials continue to excavation to ensure that there is no further ordinance under the ordinance.

“It’s enough to think that kids are playing on bombs and this has been a really difficult situation,” Mather added.