Safety · Sinzheim
Sinzheim: 250 kg World War II bomb defused near A5, nine residents evacuated
An excavator operator found the 250 kg bomb in the morning during construction work near a community sewage treatment plant. The Rastatt district office reported at 20:33 that it had been defused.
In brief
A digger operator discovered the 250 kg aerial bomb in the morning during work near a community sewage treatment plant.
The A5 was closed between the Bühl and Baden-Baden interchanges from about 19:30, and a one-kilometre zone was cleared, affecting nine people and 13 horses.
The Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst defused the bomb, as reported by the Rastatt district office at 20:33.
A digger operator found the bomb in the morning during construction work near a community sewage treatment plant in Sinzheim, in the Rastatt district. To carry out the defusing, the district office closed the A5 between the Bühl and Baden-Baden interchanges from about 19:30 and asked drivers to avoid the area widely.
The municipality ordered evacuation of everything within one kilometre of the find spot, warning that people could be injured by flying debris in an explosion. The district office said the evacuation went off without significant complications. Nine people who were staying with private hosts lived in the affected area, and 13 horses were taken to the Iffezheim racecourse.
At 20:33 the district office reported that the Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst had successfully defused the 250 kg aerial bomb.
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