about 20,000 inhabitants of Cologne were evacuated Wednesday pursuant to a municipal order for specialists proceed to defuse a bomb from World War II found in this German city .
This is the largest evacuation carried out in Cologne since the end of the war, although such operations are not uncommon in Germany. Last week 31,000 Hanover had to leave their homes to proceed to disable a device 250 kilos.
According to the authorities of Cologne, the Evacuation began at 09.00 local time (07.00 GMT) and affected neighborhoods Riehl and Mülheim, including a nursing home from which they were evicted about 1,100 people.
Hours later and after flying by helicopter an area of one square kilometer around the pump, the municipal authorities, which made available to the various neighboring facilities, it gave its approval.
it was decreed then the paralysis of air traffic on the area and river traffic on the stretch of the nearby Rhine River and begin the process of disabling the device was announced.
After the bomb was defused successfully, the authorities gave the green light for residents to return to their homes.
The largest evacuation in Germany to ensure the safety of neighbors after an explosive World War II detected occurred in 2011 in Koblenz, where 45,000 people have fled their homes.
EFE
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