Vosges: Heat Triggers a Second World War Grenade in a Dry Pond
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A World War II phosphorus grenade has surfaced in a pond in eastern France that has dried up due to successive summer heat waves, and was then activated by the heat, AFP reported, citing security forces.
Immersed for 80 years in a dry pond in Ramonchamp, a 1944 phosphorus grenade spontaneously lit up by the heat wave.
A grenade was found in a Vosgian lake drained by the succession of heat waves. The object was initiated by heat and released "white and irritating smoke". The deminers intervened to destroy the shell, without causing any injury. - Vosges: the heat triggered a grenade of the Second World War in a dry pond (Police, justice and other facts).
Several interventions took place this week following the discovery of military shells coming out of dry water bodies or whose level has fallen drastically.
A pond in eastern France, dry due to successive summer heat waves, exposed a match grenade from World War II that was activated by heat, security forces reported on Friday.
A type M15 phosphorus grenade immersed in a Vosges pond found itself in the open air due to the drop in water levels. The shell was destroyed by the deminers without causing "no incident or injury".
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