WW2 bomb detonated after discovery at quarry

Residents evacuated during the explosion are able to return to their properties, police said.

Watch moment WW2 bomb detonated in controlled explosion in Staffordshire - sending large smoke cloud into air

Footage shows the moment a suspected WW2 bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion in Staffordshire on Thursday 6 August.

Moment massive WW2 bomb weighing 79 STONE is blown to smithereens at UK quarry in dramatic explosion

THIS is the dramatic moment a huge WW2 bomb discovered at a sand and quarry was blown up in a controlled explosion. The seven-foot-long, 79 stone device was found by workers at a site in ...

Europe’s wildfires have raised the danger posed by unexploded WWII bombs

Europe is full of buried explosives left over from 20th century wars, and wildfires are now reaching them more regularly.

American bomb from WWII explodes at a Japanese airport, no casualties

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large ...

Watch as WW2 bomb explodes in Staffordshire quarry

The deadly device had been lying dormant for decades ...
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WWII Bomb Explosion in Papua Kills Five, Three Missing

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Chief of Biak Numfor Police, Commissioner Ari Trestiawan, stated that a leftover bomb from World War II exploded near the Biak Fisheries Complex in Papua on Sunday, May 31, ...

Controlled explosion to be carried out on suspected unexploded WW2 bomb in West Midlands

A controlled explosion is expected to be carried out this evening on a suspected unexploded WW2 bomb in Staffordshire. Get ...

The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.