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Yup, to this day there are quite a few forested areas with warning signs [0] telling people not to leave the paved roads. It's still a very real danger: Back in
by freeflight 8y ago
Yup, to this day there are quite a few forested areas with warning signs [0] telling people not to leave the paved roads.
It's still a very real danger: Back in 2010 an old 1000 lb US WWI bomb, with a long time fuze, exploded one hour before the planed defusion near Göttingen, which already lead to the evacuation of 7000 people, killing three people, injuring another six [1]
Just 2 months ago another defusion, in Dresden, also partly went wrong but luckily nobody was injured [2]
[0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennenloher_Forst#/media/File:2015_NSG_Tennenlohe_02.jpg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennenloher_Forst#/media/File:...
[1] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/routine-disposal-goes-wrong-three-killed-in-explosion-of-world-war-ii-bomb-in-germany-a-698245.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/routine-disposal...
[2] https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bombe-in-dresden-bei-entschaerfung-teilweise-explodiert-100.html https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bombe-in-dresden-bei-entschaer...