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WATCH: Buildings shake as Second World War bomb explodes

WATCH: Buildings shake as Second World War bomb explodes

Tuesday 11 May 2021

WATCH: Buildings shake as Second World War bomb explodes

Tuesday 11 May 2021


A piece of Second World War ordnance has been detonated off the White Rock Pier.

Local divers discovered the unexploded bomb last week and a team of Royal Navy divers was called in to investigate.

A 200-metre exclusion zone has been in place around the ordnance since last Thursday

Pictured: Following an initial misfire, the bomb was detonated earlier this afternoon.

It’s the second piece of unexploded ordnance found is as many weeks, with Guernsey’s bomb disposal unit removing a WWII bomb around the coast of Lihou recently.

The Royal Navy team visited the island with Covid-19 Critical Worker permits.

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