Bomb Found At Recycling Facility Causes Bridge Closure

Hamburg, Germany Workers at a scrap recycling facility found an old bomb mixed in with a pile of scrap metal that was being processed. The workers called the police who responded with technical support from a bomb disposal unit. The bomb was identified as a WWII era 500-pound U.S. aerial bomb (specific nomenclature not reported).

The nearby Köhlbrandbrücke bridge, a major traffic corridor, was closed and local industrial areas including two harbor docks were evacuated for several hours. The bomb disposal unit safely rendered the bomb safe and transported it for off-site disposal.