Warsaw: The biggest World war II bomb ever found in Poland exploded underwater when Navy divers tried to refuse it on Tuesday. However, no one was injured in the accident.
A World War II ‘earthquake bomb’ which was dropped by Britain was found near the Piast canal outside the town of Swinoujscieor, which was a part of Germany then.
The blast was reportedly felt in parts of the port city of Swinoujscie. The bomb weighed nearly 5,400 kg, which included 2,400 kg of explosives.
The naval forces used a remote-controlled device to try to deflagrate the bomb, a technique that if successful, burns the explosive charge without causing detonation. However, it wasn’t a success.
“The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered as neutralised, it will not pose any more threat,” Second-Lieutenant Grzegorz Lewandowski, the spokesman of the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla, was quoted as saying by state-run news agency PAP.
“All mine divers were outside the danger zone.”
Swinoujscie contains a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal but a spokesman of the town’s mayor told PAP no one was injured and no infrastructure had been damaged.
