FRANKFURT AM MAIN –
Tens of thousands of inhabitants of Frankfurt have to temporarily vacate their home due to the defusing of a bomb from the Second world War. The evacuation that around 06: 00 is started, is the largest in decades in Germany.
Also patients of the Buergerhospital need to be evacuated.
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AFP
Also patients of two hospitals and residents of ten homes for the elderly have been accommodated elsewhere. Public transport is almost the whole of the day flat and the sky is partly enclosed. Or planes can land at the airport of Frankfurt, depending on the wind.
The British bomb from the Second world War, was Tuesday found during construction work in the district of Frankfurt-Westend, just outside the city centre
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Between 18.00 and 20.00 hours shall 60.000-70.000 inhabitants return, it is expected.