Air bomb alarm in Hanover: tens of thousands of people had to evacuate their homes. A road and tracks are damaged by blasts.
Update, Monday, March 6, 5:52 a.m.: Three aerial bombs from the Second World War were rendered harmless in Laatzen near Hanover. A bomb weighing 500 kilograms was defused on Sunday evening, as the city administration announced. Two other bombs, each weighing a ton, could not be defused and were detonated.
One of these bombs was on federal highway 443. According to the police, the road was damaged when it was blown up. The extent was initially unclear. Another bomb was under the tracks of Stadtbahn line 1. The line was badly damaged when it was blown up, as the Üstra transport company announced via Twitter. The repair will take a few days. Until then, the trains would have to take a detour.
The evacuation began at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Around 20,000 people had to leave their homes and apartments. They were allowed to return on Monday night, as the city administration announced via Twitter. Because the evacuation lasted into the night, parents of elementary school children should decide for themselves whether to go to school on Monday.
Air bomb in Laatzen (Hanover) defused – compulsory schooling lifted for Monday
Update, Sunday, March 5, 10:17 p.m.: In Laatzen, one of the bombs was defused on the Debberode. “Now we continue at the other two sites,” says the city. The two remaining aircraft bombs on the B443 and Erich-Panitz-Strasse will soon be blown up in a controlled manner. The city informs that there is no fourth bomb.
Patients at the Kronsberg Clinic have been able to return for about an hour, as the clinic can be reached separately and is outside the rest of the radius. Parents of school-age children at the primary schools in Pestalozzistraße, Im Langen Feld and Grasdorf can decide for themselves on Monday, March 6th, whether their children should go to school.
Bomb alarm in Hanover: Federal roads and railway lines blocked
Update, Sunday, March 5, 2:43 p.m.: All federal roads and railway lines that run through Laatzen are closed. The B6 and the B443 are no longer passable. “Last control flight. Security is established. The explosive ordnance disposal service can start its work,” tweeted the city of Laatzen.
Update, Sunday, March 5, 1:50 p.m.: The last ambulances are on their way. The police helicopter “Phoenix” is also at the start to ensure with thermal cameras that all residents have cleared the area. Everything is going according to schedule.
Update, Sunday, March 5, 1:25 p.m.: 99 percent of the area has been evacuated. The ÜSTRA announces that all bus lines in the evacuation area have now been discontinued.
Update, Sunday, March 5, 12:36 p.m.: “Ninety-six percent of the area has already been evacuated,” the city of Laatzen tweeted: “We’re still on schedule.”
Bomb blast in Hanover: area evacuated – more than 1000 emergency services on site
Update, Sunday, March 5, 11:49 a.m.: 90 percent of the area is evacuated. More than 1000 emergency services are deployed in Laatzen today. The DRK takes care of the care in the emergency accommodation of the “Blue School”, Johanniter provide the evacuees with food and drinks. Pets in a transport basket or on a leash may be brought into the emergency accommodation.
Update, Sunday, March 5, 11 a.m.: 80 percent of the affected area has already been evacuated. The entire measure is running according to schedule, reports the city of Laatzen.
Update, Sunday, March 5, 10:54 am: The evacuation in Hanover is in full swing. The locations of the possible duds are the Erich-Panitz-Straße at the level of the Lidl market at the Laatzen arcades, the federal road junction in the transition from B 443 and B 6 near Rethen and a private property on the street Debberode in Laatzen-Mitte, so the City administration of Hanover. It is assumed that the evacuation and clearing of the area will take several hours.
First report from March 5, 9:49 a.m.: Hanover – It is one of the largest bomb clearances that has ever taken place in Lower Saxony: 20,000 people have had to evacuate their homes since the morning hours of March 5th. Air bombs are suspected at three locations in Laatzen and Hanover.
Bomb alarm in Hanover and Laatzen: 20,000 have to leave their homes
Residents have been asked to vacate the area since 7 a.m. Almost all roads in the Laatzen-Mitte area and in parts of Grasdorf and Rethen are affected. About 20,000 people now have to leave their homes and apartments.
Major evacuation: Helicopters with thermal imaging cameras in action
The city of Laatzen asked all residents: “Please leave your apartments and houses. Any discussion with the assistants delays the daily routine. Thank you for your cooperation.” Like that NDR reported, among other things, a helicopter with a thermal imaging camera is to be used to ensure that all residents have left the area. On the last weekend in March, three possible dud bombs in the area of the S-Arena are to be defused in Göttingen.
Because of suspected bombs in Laatzen and Hanover: These streets must be abandoned
- Am Kronsberg
- Chicago Lane 5A
- Chicago Lane 5B
- Chicago Lane 7A
- Chicago Lane 7B
- Chicago Lane 9
- Chicago Lane 11
- Debberoder Strasse 59
- Debberoder Strasse 61
- Road of Nations 10
Evacuation on suspicion of a bomb: free buses drive local residents to the emergency shelter in the “Blue School”
A free shuttle to the emergency accommodation in the “Blue School” in Bemerode, Friedrich-Wulfert-Platz, has been set up for all those affected. The ÜSTRA has one Plan of the evacuation route announced. The city of Laatzen gives one on its website Overview of current evacuation information and the roads affected.
Bomb clearance in Hanover: The A7 and A37 motorways are also affected from 10 a.m
Motorways in Hanover are also affected by the clearance work: the A37 will be closed on March 5th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. from the A7 motorway junction Hanover-South in the direction of Hanover. In the direction of Kassel, the A37 is closed from Wülferoder Straße. The diversions are signposted. A bomb was only defused in Offenbach on March 2 – the work was delayed significantly in some cases.
