Plymouth WW2 bomb is detonated
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The device, found at a construction site in the Southway area of Plymouth, was detonated in situ on Friday, 1 May because it wasn't safe to move. | ITV News West Country
Residents of more than 1,200 homes are able to return home after the bomb's detonation.
Authorities have said the Southway bomb "won't be the last" to be discovered in Plymouth given its wartime history. One explosives expert described the region's coast as "littered" with undiscovered ordnance from WW2,
A Second World War bomb discovered at a building site in Devon this week has been successfully detonated, producing a large cloud of smoke, an enormous bang, and flying fragments of shrapnel. The device,