Overview

• The 550-lb (250 kg) British-made bomb was uncovered on August 5 during clearance work at the Carola Bridge and was fitted with a live detonator.
• Authorities established a 1 km exclusion zone, ordering roughly 17,000 residents—many from Dresden’s Old Town and near the Frauenkirche—to evacuate.
• Traffic diversions and dozens of shuttle buses were deployed while about 330 police officers and fire/rescue personnel secured the restricted area.
• Explosive ordnance disposal specialists successfully defused the device on site today, clearing the path for restoration of normal access and transit.
• This marks the fourth WWII bomb found at the Carola Bridge construction site, underscoring the ongoing challenge of buried wartime munitions in German cities.