Nearly 54,000 people are removed from their homes today, on Christmas Day in Augsburg in southern Germany, following the discovery of a British bomb of World War II.
The evacuation started early in the morning and about 900 policemen participating business. The bomb, weighing 1.8 tons, was found on December 20 during works in the Bavarian town, located in the northwest of Munich.
The principles of Augsburg established a 1,500-meter safety zone around the spot where the bomb was detected which is to neutralize this afternoon.
The mayor of Augsburg Kurt Gkrimpl with videotaped message posted on the city's Twitter account, invite residents to voluntarily leave for security reasons. "Everyone can check whether his relatives, parents, friends, found accommodation outside the security zone. Take care of each other," he said. Temporary shelters have been set up in local schools, especially for elderly people who have no relatives or friends to accommodate them.
The neutralization of the bomb can last even 5 hours, warned the authorities noting that residents will not be able to return home before night falls. A municipality spokesman admitted that the situation is "unusual" for Christmas. but he expressed hope that everyone will leave with their will from their homes.
Although it has been more than 70 years from the end of the war, Germany still detect bombs that did not explode at the time. Only in Berlin estimates that there are still 3,000 bombs.
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