Dortmund.
In Dortmund’s Westfalenpark, a dud bomb will be defused again on Tuesday. The park remains open, but only through one entrance.
Preparatory work for a planned construction measure have in Westphalia Park brought another dud to light. The British 250-kilo bomb from the Second World War must still be defused on Tuesday afternoon, explains the City of Dortmund.
Since the bomb is located in the middle of the park (according to the map on the large meadows between the sun sail and the Florian Tower). no residents affected. Also the main roads B1 and B54 are spared from a ban.
evacuated however (as so often) the parking facilities and companies on Florianstraße, which are within a 250m radius – Mondomio, Wilo and DB Schenker. The Westfalenpark remains open in parts and can be accessed via the Buschmühle entrance be entered.
Again and again duds in Dortmund’s Westfalenpark
Again and again diving in the Westfalenpark duds up, often only a few meters away from previous defusing points. Sometimes lie several bombs at the same spot. The accumulation is close to the former Steelworks Phoenix in Hörde: The Allied bombers did not always “surgically” hit their target – many went down too early on the approach.
But although the Defuse Squad the Arnsberg district government almost per month City spokesman Maximilian Löchter explains that if there is a need to move up in Westfalenpark, that is no reason for a large, targeted defusing campaign. Probed, dug and defused are only done when construction work is actually pending.
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