More than 2,000 people are evacuated from Polish holiday resort as navy experts remove three World War II bombs found close to the beach
- Residents and holidaymakers forced to flee Kolobrzeg, formerly part of Germany
- Polish navy extracted bombs weighing 300kg each with 1.2 mile impact radius
- City official warned of ‘unimaginable consequences’ if something went wrong
Over 2,000 people were evacuated from a beach resort in Poland as navy experts removed three WWII bombs from the sea.
Reports said approximately 900kg of explosives were discovered, contained in three German bombs that were found close to the shoreline.
Kolobrzeg, which was part of Germany during the war, was the site of fierce fighting in the war’s last phase.
Navy experts in Poland have retrieved three WWII bombs found near the vacation resort of Kolobrzeg, prompting the evacuation of 2,000 residents and 200 holidaymakers

The German bombs containing 900kg of explosives were placed onto a flatbed truck and taken to a test range for controlled detonation
Navy unit spokesperson Jacek Kwiatkowski said the bombs were hoisted out of the sea and onto a flatbed truck to be taken to a test range for a controlled detonation.
Soldiers oversaw the process which lasted several hours and caused 5.6 miles of the beach to be closed off during the operation.
Local roads, railways and air space were also shut down.
Kolobrzeg city official Dariusz Trzeciak said about 2,000 residents and 200 vacationers evacuated in their own cars or in buses and were later allowed to return.
Each bomb weighed about 300kg and their impact radius was estimated at 1.2 miles.
Trzeciak added: ‘If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.’

Each bomb weighed about 300kg and their impact radius was estimated at 1.2 miles, leading to the beach, local roads and railways being closed off during the extraction

Kolobrzeg city official Dariusz Trzeciak commented: ‘If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable’
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