Bombs in Essen: two failures successfully disabled

On the B224 / Gladbecker Straße in Altenessen-Süd it’s wednesday two
Clothing of the Second World War. the Pumps we were in the night from Wednesday to Thursday successfully
disabled. You can find all the information you need to read here:

Update 1:15 am: Both bombs in Altenessen were successfully defused moments ago. As the city of Essen announces, the closings will be lifted in a few moments, then all residents will be able to return to their apartment.

Update 0.25 am: the evacuation is finished. the Deactivate the two rags in Essen can now to start.

Update midnight: “The evacuation enter in the Final sprint“, Share the city
Essen With. Also, not all patient transports have yet been completed. “We had to do a lot today,” explains the city.

Update 10:29 pm: As the city of Essen announced, some people refused to leave their homes. In some places, the police are also on duty to support city forces on the spot. In general, evacuation is delayed.

Bombs in Essen: evacuation continues

Update 10:20 pm: the evacuation in Altenessen has a duration Follow a. As city spokeswoman Jasmin Trilling explained, they are Ambulance Not finished yet. Consequently, it will be some time before the two bombs can be defused in Essen. Trilling has not yet been able to say when disarmament will begin.

Bombs in Essen: evacuation – traffic stops

Update 9:55 pm: the Essen Fire Department get that night too support for of colleagues Oberhausen. For example, the forces of the Oberhausen fire brigade, the ASB and the DRK after the Deactivate of the Pumps in Altenessen Help with the repatriation of previously evacuated people. The second round of evacuation has lasted about an hour.

Update 9 pm: the Essen city announces: “The first Evacuation passage is finished. Now the inner circle is drawn. This causes traffic to stop in this area. At the same time, the public order office starts the second round of evacuation ”. Now there are 400 people involved in the evacuation.

Two pumps in Essen: Ruhrbahn lines are also affected

Update 8.30 pm: As announced by the city of Essen, the preparation for the Deactivate of the two pumps more than 300 people in action. It has been running since the afternoon. evacuation of the 4,200 inhabitants. Of the Pump deactivator in Altenessen Some of the Ruhrbahn lines are also affected: the Bäuminghausstraße and Bamlerstraße stops are no longer available for the U11 and U17. Tram 108 only goes to Freistein stop. Bus 196 will deviate from the Rheinischer Platz stop.

Two pumps in Essen: Bundesstrasse 224 must be closed

For him Deactivate the B 224 must be closed. Because it is one of the most important north-south connections in the central Ruhr area, considerable traffic obstructions can be expected depending on the working time. The rags are a five and ten quintals bomb. This means that buildings must be cleaned within a 500 meter radius around the ten-quintal pump. A five-hundred-peso bomb is a 250-meter radius within which people must be evacuated.

Two bombs in Essen: some 4,000 people have to leave their homes

According to fire department spokesman Mike Filzen, it can be assumed that the Deactivate – and therefore the closure around the site – will only take place after the evening rush hour has subsided. A large number of residents will be affected: more than 4,200 people from the inner ring will have to leave their homes, 7600 more who live further away will have to behave in accordance with the protection of the air, close doors and windows and, when deactivating, move to rooms on the opposite side. stop the bombs.

Around 5 p.m., city officials began with the first Evacuation passage it started. The fire department and the public order office indicate that vehicles should be removed from the street during evacuation and disarmament. Gas devices must be blocked. A total of 300 workers were deployed, including 37 patient transports.

Since many buildings had to be evacuated, preparations were already slow according to experience at length. Some parts of the university are also affected, at least spatially. And there is a special challenge with rags 13 and 14 this year in Essen: the pumps are found at a depth of around eleven meters in a swamp made of earth and groundwater. The risk of sinking into the mud is great with at least one of the two rags. Therefore, the city has ordered heavy special equipment in the form of a suction excavator in Gronau, which began operation at night. But until a defuser can descend to the depths and lend a hand, it should take a few more hours.

Two bombs in Essen: two affected residents are in corona quarantine

The city has an information telephone number at 0201/123 88 81 and a Care center created for affected residents at the Northeast Elementary School on Katzenbruchstrasse. The rooms can be accessed through the Seumannstrasse entrance. The rules of the Corona Protection Ordinance apply in the building, including a mask requirement, the enforcement of which is monitored by the fire department.

Six residents who have to leave their homes are at home Corona-Quarantänesaid city spokeswoman Jasmin Trilling. The fire brigade will deal with them separately.

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