Officials recover unexploded fireworks shell on Falmouth beach Massachusetts State Police bomb techs recovered an unexploded fireworks shell in Falmouth Friday. Drone video showed the bomb techs and members of the Falmouth Fire Department safely carrying the unexploded firework off Acapesket Beach. “These devices pose a significant hazard, so anyone who encounters one should stay […]
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Unexploded WWII bomb found in Germany’s Cologne defused overnight
An unexploded aerial bomb from World War II retrieved from the Rhine River in Germany’s Cologne on Wednesday evening was safely defused overnight on a ship positioned away from residential areas, city officials said. Discovery of unexploded bombs is common in Cologne and other German cities, which were heavily bombed by Allied air forces during […]
Cambodia’s legacy of war remains deadly as 5 are killed by unexploded ordnance over the weekend
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two separate explosions from ordnance left over from Cambodia’s decades of warfare killed five people and injured two others, the head of the country’s demining agency said Monday. Some 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions are estimated to have littered Cambodia’s countryside during almost three […]
An unexploded World War II bomb in the English city of Plymouth will be disposed of at sea
LONDON (AP) — An unexploded World War II bomb will be transported Friday through the southwestern English port city of Plymouth by a military convoy and disposed of at sea, prompting one of the largest evacuations in the United Kingdom since the war. Devon and Cornwall Police said the bomb, which was found in a […]
Underwater demolition teams safely dispose of 3 unexploded World War II-era bombs
DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — Eglin Air Force Base demolition teams and joint agencies safely disposed of three unexploded World War Two-era bombs on Wednesday. Parts of Choctawhatchee Bay in Northwest Florida were closed Wednesday to all people, marine vessels and water-based activities. WATCH EXPLOSION: (Photo courtesy of Okaloosa County) (Photo courtesy of Okaloosa County) (Photo […]