In a large operation, during which 1,800 people were evacuated from their homes, the French authorities today proceeded to defuse a bomb weighing 500 kilograms, dating from World War II, near St. Etienne, in the southeast France.
The bomb, dropped by the British Air Force in March 1944 during the destruction of factories located in the small town of La Ricamari used by German forces, was discovered in April 2020, during earthworks.
As it was not a danger to the residents, the bomb had been buried under three meters of soil by the Lyon demining service, pending its neutralization today and its transfer to a place in northern France.
Hundreds of people took part in the operation, including 130 police officers who took over the security perimeter, with the operation being monitored by cameras and a drone, Thomas Mason, secretary general of the Loire department, told AFP.
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