Since Tuesday morning, preparations have been made to defuse a World War II bomb in Berlin-Schmargendorf. Thousands of people have to leave the exclusion zone around the site where the bomb was found, and 330 police officers are on duty.
In Berlin-Schmargendorf, preparations are underway to defuse a World War II bomb. “The evacuation of the restricted area is in full swing,” the police announced on Platform X on Wednesday morning. 330 police personnel are deployed so that defusing can begin quickly. The police published a photo on the social network that is said to show the unexploded bomb. A cutting system with high-pressure water should be used for defusing, it was said.
At around 1:30 p.m. a police helicopter flew over the cordoned off area to get an overview, as the police announced on X. According to rbb reporters on site, the defusing could take place between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Thousands of residents in the area around Mecklenburgische Straße in the Schmargendorf district of Berlin in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district had to leave their homes on Wednesday morning.
The unexploded bomb, weighing around 250 kilograms, was found on Tuesday morning during construction work on Mecklenburgische Straße.
Daycare centers also have to be evacuated
According to the police, around 7,500 people are affected by the evacuation measures. They were all supposed to have left their homes by 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning at the latest.
According to the police, three daycare centers and 30 apartment blocks are also affected by the evacuation.
Those affected will be provided with emergency accommodation during defuse. These are open from 10 a.m., as the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office announced. These are the Gretel-Bergmann-Sporthalle (Rudolstädter Straße 77, 10713 Berlin-Wilmersdorf) and Horst-Käsler-Sporthalle (Fritz-Wildung-Straße 9, 14199 Berlin-Schmargendorf).
The district office also set up a hotline for emergency accommodation on Wednesday – under the following number: (030) 9029-13778.
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Numerous streets and allotment gardens are affected
The following streets will be fully or partially affected by the evacuation measures and closures:
· Binger Street
· Eberbacher Street
· Forckenbeckstraße
· Franz-Cornelsen-Weg
· Friedrichshaller Straße
· Heidelberger Platz
· Helene-Jacobs-Straße
· Homburger Street
· Johannisberger Straße
· Mecklenburg Street
· Nauheimer Straße
· Rudolf-Mosse-Strasse
· Hühnerbader Straße
· Sodener Straße
· Wiesbadener Straße
· Johannisberg allotment garden (to Nelkenweg)
· Binger Loch allotment garden on Rudolf-Mosse-Straße
· Allotment gardens in Alt-Rheingau
· Kissingen allotment garden
· Allotment gardens in Mannheim
· Friedrichshall allotment garden
· Oeynhausen allotment garden (to Tulpenweg)
· Steglitz junction of the BAB 100, from the Schmargendorf junction
According to their own information, the Berlin police want to continuously report on their situation on Wednesday Mission channel on X provide information about the current status of bomb defusal operations.
Broadcast: rbb24 Inforadio, February 20, 2024, 7 p.m
2024-02-21 12:51:12
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