Overview

• The device was discovered during sondierungen on a field and identified as a British bomb weighing 250 kilograms.
• The Kampfmittelräumdienst is tasked with making it safe today after fire officials warned of danger to life in the event of an uncontrolled detonation.
• Authorities ordered a one-kilometer evacuation zone that affects only a small number of people, including two farms in the sparsely populated area.
• Road closures are in place, including the route between Ober-Erlenbach and Karben’s Petterweil and Kloppenheim.
• Localized power outages are possible due to grid switching near a wind turbine and a power pylon, and officials cautioned that a very loud explosion noise may be heard during disposal.