[WATCH] Britain’s World War II Earthquake Bomb Explodes In Poland

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 S

winoujscie. 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.