US Edition250-Kilogram WWII Bomb on Dresden Bridge Triggers Evacuation of 17,000
DRESDEN, GERMANY, AUG 6 – Authorities evacuated 17,000 residents as a 550-pound British WWII bomb was defused on site near Dresden's Carola Bridge, with 330 police officers monitoring the area.
- Experts sought to defuse a WWII British-made bomb on site in Dresden, after construction workers discovered a 550-pound device during clearance work on the Carola Bridge on August 6, 2025.
- Nearly 80 years after WWII, Germany still unearths unexploded munitions during construction, as seen after the September 2024 partial collapse of the Carola Bridge.
- Authorities established a 1,000-meter exclusion zone and instructed at least 17,000 residents to evacuate by 9 a.m. local time, with around 330 police officers deployed.
- Authorities noted the device requires on-site defusing, and police said `their assessment determined it to be a 250-kilogram British-made World War II bomb` which `must be defused on site` as soon as no more people remain.
- After the bomb was defused on August 6, 2025, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Saxony teams successfully defused the bomb, and the Carola Bridge is scheduled for demolition by October.
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A world war bomb has been defused in Dresden.
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The discovery of a 250-kilogram bomb from World War II caused significant traffic disruption.
About 17,000 people were ordered to leave their homes in this city early on Wednesday, largely destroyed during an allied bombardment in February 1945.
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