Dangerous find in Hamburg: blast bomb from the Second World War successfully blown up!

Dangerous find in Hamburg: blast bomb from the Second World War successfully blown up!

Hamburg-Heimfeld, Deutschland - Hamburg was today, March 5, 2025, the scene of a dangerous defusing. A diver from the ordnance clearing service was called to control a 250 pounded English explosive bomb from the Second World War. This was at a depth of ten meters on the site of a refinery in Hamburg-Heimfeld. As the portal fireworld.at , a direct defusing was not possible, since the bomb was only accessible via a narrow recovery shaft. The only solution was a controlled explosion.

controlled explosion ensures security

at 6:00 p.m. the bomb was finally successfully blown up. Before that, the Hamburg fire brigade, together with the Werkfeuerwehr, provided fire protection. A 300 meter wide blocking radius has been set up and the warning radius was 1000 meters to secure the surroundings. Residents were not affected, as also reported 24hamburg.de . Only shipping traffic in the nearby seaport was temporarily restricted. At 6:05 p.m. the security measures could be lifted after the environment was checked.

The fire brigade was used with around 20 emergency services for about four hours to master the dangerous situation and protect the population. Such critical locations are once again shown by the important work of the emergency services, which are at a significant risk to banish dangers for the general public.