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After the water went down the slope a few meters from the site of the explosives neutralization operation over the weekend, explosive-like objects were again detected. Deminers surveyed the area and found a dozen German aerial concrete pumps, the ZC-250, in a deep stream with steep slopes. Considering that the find may represent a danger, J. Bakanauskas Street was closed and a demining operation was immediately started, the Lithuanian Armed Forces report.
“The operation is not standard, the volumes are large and its completion is difficult to predict. According to the initial estimate, some 30 pumps of various surface conditions could be identified, but when they were raised, it could be seen that there could be some 70 or more of them, “said Capt. Kazimir Bogdan, commander of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company.
Although the bombs found do not contain explosives or hazardous substances and are in conditions that can be safely lifted and transported to the destruction site, the state slope and land that significantly collapsed after the rain hampered the operation. The operation to neutralize the explosives was completed only at dusk: the deminers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces found and removed 74 units from the ground. German ZC-250 concrete aerial bombs, which were transported to the rock dump and destroyed.
Thursday’s find on this hillside is likely not the last: The former central artillery shells of the Kaunas fortress on the left bank of Nemunas are nearby. During the Soviet years, it was said that the cleaning of unnecessary explosives was removed simply by dropping them off the slope. Deminers from the Engineering Battalion have been to this location before.
“In May, aerial concrete bombs were also detected at a distance of approximately 300-400m from the site of today’s findings. At the time of launch, a 500kg SC-500 aircraft bomb was also found, which it could have caused damage to the population within a radius of one kilometer, ”an Engineering Battalion official said of the explosives found.
Deminers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces warn that the unexploded ordnance left over from World Wars I and II is found not only on land but also in Lithuanian waters and urges the population to be careful and aware, not to touch the explosive or an object of unclear purpose, notify the general emergency number 112 immediately.
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