Officials said more than 150 bombs of World War II have been found under the children’s playground in northern England, with concerns that more can remain.
Bombs were discovered A construction plan The Scotters Park playground was renovated in Wooller, a small town in Northern city of England, near the Scotland border. BBC reported That the workers were found on January 14, digging the foundations. It’s a practice bomb, or no one used for training but can still be harmful.
Council officials said in a news release, the Wuller Parish Council added to the investigation of the Bremestone site, a company that specializes in the ordinance of the site investigating the site.
The Parish Council wrote, “arrived in Bremestone on January 23 to have a two -day survey,” but soon it became clear that the scale of the problem was far more than expected. “
On the first day, Brimston identified an additional 65 practice bombs, each weighs 10 pounds, as well as smoke cartridge.
The council wrote, on the second day of work on the site, Brimston recovered additional practice bombs of 90 and safely removed them in a designated storage area.
The BBC has reported that the Ministry of Defense has ordered a full survey of the site.
Although these bombs are practical bombs, “they still take a compensation” and need to be removed by experts, adding, “These are found in keeping with their fuses and contents – and The detonator is filled with brusters and smoke.
A spokesman for the Northern County Council called the discovery “unexpected”.
One -third of the park has been cleared and it is possible that there are more bombs.
“It’s enough to think that children are playing on bombs,” said Mr Mathew.
Mr. Mather said that Wooller had been a training center for the Home Guard, who is a volunteer citizen Malaysia The last line of defense was considered Against the Germans during World War II.
“After the war, it seemed that he had buried all the ordinances in just one pit.”
The Defense Ministry said that a team visited the site twice in January, the BBC said, but it did not provide further details.
The Wuller Parish Council said he hoped the contractor could resume work in April after being declared safe.
Brimston, the Ministry of Defense, Mr. Matthew, the Wuller Parish Council and the Northumblland County Council did not immediately respond to the commentary requests.
