All-clear in Kbadel: The bomb of the Second World War discovered Monday is defused. The rat had appeared during construction. Residents had to leave their homes.
Shortly before 7 pm, the city and the fire department made it clear that the 125-kilogram bomb from World War II that was destroyed Monday morning during the construction of Kbadel Westend Street could be defused without incident
. At 5:30 pm, police reported that the danger zone had been cleared. After that, the ammunition clearance department started working. The site of the American Air Bomb is located in a residential area.
Residents must leave homes
Firefighters had requested the evacuation of apartments "that can directly look at the excavation pit". The construction site is located at Westendstraße 1. A spokesman for the Kbadel fire brigade told hessenschau.de that about 360 people were registered in the danger zone, but that not all would be home during the week. .
Only residents who left home had the reference directly in view. The others had to stay away from the windows and, if possible, stay in a part of the building on the opposite side of the site, said firefighters spokeswoman Ingo Happel-Emrich. The city of Kbadel has informed on its website which buildings are affected . In the Albert-Schweitzer-Schule a gymnasium was established as a place of care