More than 170 bombs with The Second World War They were found under the playground in northern England, officials said, and it is believed that it would be more excavated.
The first of the bombs – who still kept the charge – were discovered on the playground in Woler, Nortumberland in January, Partner CBS News BBC reported. According to BBC.
The playground was in the process of upgrading when the staff found the suspicious object while digging the foundation.
“It is quite something to think that the children played on the bombs, and it was a really difficult situation,” said local advisor Mark Mater at the BBC.
Parish Parish Woler said in statement For examination of the playground, the investigation was adopted on the Brimstone website, and that it quickly became apparent that “the scale of the problem was much larger than anyone”.
Officials said 65 Practice the bombs Weight about 10 pounds in each area is less than 10 square meters. The smoke cartridges were removed from the same pit.
Another 90 practical bombs were found approximately 20 square feet.
“From a large number of buried parade, the survey of the site cannot be completed in the expected 2 days, and further deployment will need,” the official said.
It is believed that the area where the playground was originally built was used as a training guard and bombs were buried at the end of the war, BBC reports.
“I never thought as a parish advisor, I will deal with bombs,” said a news in the field of news.
According to Matter, it is assumed that the work on the disposal of bombs will continue at least until mid -February.
He said he did not immediately understand who would pay for all the work, but that the Nortumberland County council agreed to cover the costs.
“The army will by no means support us or looking for a projectile or removing it, which was very disappointing,” the BBC said.
The Ministry of Defense confirmed the BBC that the team twice visited the site in January but did not talk with the requirements of the local council.
“Obviously, this find was unexpected, but we were glad that we were able to find additional financing to allow it to do this important work safely,” the County Council press press said.
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