Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Saxony, Dresden-Friedrichstadt area, Germany on Fri 12th November 2021

The world war bomb in Dresden has been defused. All closures were lifted early on Saturday morning, as the fire department announced. The approximately 7,400 people brought to safety could return to their homes. It will probably take until noon until all people have returned to their apartments, it said. Find on Friday As the police announced to MDR SACHSEN on Friday evening, construction workers discovered the dud on a property in the Friedrichstadt district. It was an American aviator bomb weighing 250 kilograms. Overnight evacuation According to the police, the ordnance disposal service decided to defuse the bomb on the spot. The people in the evacuation radius had been asked to leave their homes by 11 p.m. Emergency shelters have been set up. According to the fire department, around 7,400 people were affected. According to the information, there was, among other things, a retirement home in the danger zone. According to information from an MDR reporter, the site is located in a mixed area of ​​apartments, allotment gardens, commercial properties and railroad facilities. Emergency shelters set up According to the Federal Office for Civil Protection, emergency shelters had been set up in three locations. There were separate areas for people in corona quarantine or with corresponding symptoms. According to the fire brigade, the evacuation was completed around 4:30 a.m. and the defusing of the bomb could begin. The explosives master confirmed the disarming at 6:15 a.m. and gave the all-clear. About 400 police and fire brigade workers were on duty. Source: MDR / stt / rh / jh