More than 150 World War II bombs were found on a children’s playground in northern England, with concern to still stay, the officials said.
Bombs were discovered as construction project It is underway to renovate the Scotts Park Playground in Wooler, a small town in Northmerland, England, near the border with Scotland. BBC reported That the workers found a “suspicious object” on January 14th while digging the foundation. It turned out to be a bomb in practice or a non -explosive bomb used for training, but it can still be harmful.
The Council of the Parish of Wooler has included investigations by Brimstone, a company specializing in unexploded commands, in order to investigate the place, the Council officials said in a statement.
Brimstone arrived on January 23 for what was supposed to be a two -day research, “but it soon became obvious that the scale of the problem was far greater than anyone predicted,” the parish council wrote.
On the first day, Brimstone identified an additional 65 exercise bombs, each weighing 10 pounds, as well as smoke patrols.
On the second day of working at that place, Brimstone took out an additional 90 bombs of practice and certainly removed them into certain storage, the Council wrote.
The BBC reported that the Ministry of Defense had ordered a complete research of the place.
Although the bombs are practical bombs, “they are still carrying a charge” and requires the removal of experts, it is stated in the parish council edition, adding: “They have been found with their fuse and content still intact – and detonator burster and smoke charging that are full of smoke can still be potentially dangerous. “
The Northumberland County Council spokesman called the discovery “unexpected”.
Mark Mather, a Wooler clerk, told the BBC that approximately a third of the park was cleaned and that there were more bombs.
“It’s quite something to think that the kids were playing on the bombs,” Mr. Mather said.
Mr. Mather said Wooler was a home training center, a volunteer militia of citizens was considered the last line of defense against the German during World War II.
“After the war, it looked like they just buried all the order in one of the pits,” Mr. Mather said.
The Ministry of Defense said that he visited the team twice in January, the BBC reported, but did not offer further details.
The Wooler Parish Council announced that he hoped that the contractors would continue to operate in April after the place was declared safe.
Brimstone, Ministry of Defense, Mr. Mather, Council of the Wooler Parish and the Northumberland County Council did not immediately respond to the commentary requests.
