A demining operation was under way on Sunday morning following the discovery of a 240-kilogram shells from the Second World War in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu in the Rhone, according to concordant sources. confirming information from Progress .
"124 kilos of explosives"
The explosive device, an "American bomb USGP type", comprising "124 kilos of explosives", was discovered on February 14 on the grounds of a company in the industrial zone. "A team of civil security deminers are on site from 8:30 am until 3 pm," said the Rhone prefecture.
The various axes author of the activity area are closed, in a large area of "500 meters", following two decrees, municipal and prefectural. No homes are part of the security perimeter. "If its state does not allow to carry out this operation safely, it will be destroyed on the spot," also wrote Thursday the town hall on its Facebook page, telling residents that it was possible that they hear "a detonation".