Ostend In the harbour of Ostend, in a yard along Henry Baelskaai, is a vliegtuigbom discovered. The municipal emergency plan is promulgated, and two residential towers are evacuated. DOVO is present and there is a perimeter of 500 meters in diameter set.
According to police chief Carlo Smits was the bomb yesterday already encountered in excavation work. “There was thought that the to one shell went without much danger. DOVO would the shell this morning in further excavation and bring it in, but then it became clear that it is a very different caliber was”, says Smits. It concerns an English vliegtuigbom from the Second world War, of 250 pounds.
“There was a perimeter set. Ontmijningsdienst DOVO called reinforcement, and try the bomb manually to dismantle. Therefore, the perimeter expanded to a diameter of 500 metres. The surrounding buildings, including two residential towers to be evacuated,” said commissioner Smith. The residents of the apartments can visit accommodation centre, Dunes and the Sea. There are currently about twenty people.
Meanwhile, DOVO working on the bomb on the spot to dismantle. If that fails, will the bomb be placed on the beach of Bredene.
