Evacuate 1,800 people and detonate a bomb for 75 years

France Around 1800 inhabitants north of Paris and Saint-Denis, a neighboring city, were evacuated yesterday morning for the scheduled deactivation of a large bomb weighing several hundred kilograms since it was launched almost 75 years ago. in April. 1944. The operation, led by the police headquarters around the Porte de la Chapelle, ends in the afternoon, when the artifact is exploded in a hole seven meters deep dug and protected with bags while minimizing possible shaking.

The bomb was moved about 70 meters from where it was found. American-made, it was probably launched by a British plane while Paris was still occupied by the Nazis in the spring of 1944. It was located February 4 during work on the edge of one of the railway corridors entering in the French capital. The evacuation of residents within a radius of 300 meters of radio was held between 6am and 8:30 am on either side of the Paris ring road that separates the capital from the city of Saint Denis.