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Evacuation in central Cologne after three WWII bombs found on construction site
04 June 2025
The Deutzer Brücke in Cologne, Germany, with Cologne Cathedral in the background (Image: Michael via AdobeStock - stock.adobe.com)
More than 20,000 people are being evacuated from an area in the centre of the German city of Cologne, after three World War II bombs were discovered on a construction site.
More than 20,000 people are being evacuated from an area in the centre of the German city of Cologne, after three World War II bombs were discovered on a construction site.
The city authorities said that the bombs, discovered in the Deutz shipyard area of the city, were two American 20-ton bombs and one American 10-ton bomb, each with impact fuses.
Residents, workers and hotel guests in the old town and Deutz are being evacuated while the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service of the Düsseldorf district government defuses the bombs.
Authorities are sealing off and evacuating a zone within a 1,000-metre radius of the construction site and is the largest evacuation since the end of World War II.
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