The Val-d'Oise prefecture announced on social networks the success of the mine clearance operation of an American bomb, dating from the Second World War, weighing 120 kilos, discovered in Osny. A security perimeter had been set up.
A mine clearance operation of a 120kg American bomb dating from the Second World War took place successfully this Thursday, November 14 in Osny, indicates the Val-d'Oise prefecture on a private plot in the Immarmont sector.
The Versailles mine clearance intervention group was mobilized to the scene and completed the intervention in the afternoon.
“The bomb was neutralized and transported for destruction to a secure site,” we can read at the end of the message from the prefect, present on the scene.
Imminent lifting of the security perimeter
“As a precautionary measure for residents located nearby,” a security perimeter “within “a radius of 270 meters around the bomb” was set up, the town hall said on its website. For this, the national police and municipal as well as the firefighters were mobilized.
Residents of nearby streets “had to evacuate the area before 12 p.m. until the end of operations estimated around 4 p.m.”. Once the operation was completed, a return to normal should take place gradually.
