Civil war era bomb detonated with a splash at beach in Barcelona

Record ID: 1428701

  • Title: Civil war era bomb detonated with a splash at beach in Barcelona
  • Date: 26th August 2019
  • Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (AUGUST 26, 2019) (REUTERS) CIVIL GUARD POLICE AND COAST GUARD VESSELS AT SEA SPEED BOAT CARRYING NAVY SPECIALISTS, NAVY SPECIALIST JUMPING IN WATER BOAT CARRYING NAVY SPECIALISTS NAVY SPECIALIST JUMPING IN WATER FROM BOAT NAVY SPECIALIST HANDLING BUOY THAT WILL MARK WHERE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IS AS THEY DRAG IT ALONG TO DEEPER WATERS WHERE IT WILL BE DETONATED NAVY SPECIALIST HANDLING BUOY NAVY SPECIALISTS' BOAT NAVY SPECIALISTS IN BOAT AND BUOY MARKING LOCATION OF DEVICE BEING DRAGGED ALONG ON ROPE, CIVIL GUARD VESSEL NAVY SPECIALISTS' BOAT NAVY SPECIALIST BOAT APPROACHING CIVIL GUARD POLICE VESSEL NAVY SPECIALIST BOAT SAILING AND BUOY BEHIND IT SPLASH IN WATER BETWEEN NAVY SPECIALIST BOAT AND COAST GUARD VESSEL AS EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IS DETONATED CIVIL GUARD POLICE AND COAST GUARD VESSELS COAST GUARD VESSEL MOVING ALONG CIVIL GUARD POLICE VESSEL MOVING ALONG BOAT CARRYING NAVY SPECIALISTS AND COAST GUARD VESSEL AT SEA
  • Embargoed: 9th September 2019 16:13
  • Keywords: Barcelona beach evacuation Sant Sebastia beach Spanish Civil War Spain bomb Spain beach explosive detonation
  • Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ATUVRRB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Spanish navy specialists on Monday (August 26) detonated an old explosive device dating back to the Spanish Civil War that had been found underwater just off one of Barcelona's most popular beaches, police said.
    The beach remained closed to the public on Monday, having been evacuated on Sunday afternoon (August 25) after an off-duty police officer discovered the unexploded cannon projectile 25 meters (80 feet) from shore.
    The shell, thought to date back to the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War and contain 70 kg (154 lbs) of the explosive TNT, was moved with floating devices one nautical mile out to sea and to a depth of some 40 meters (130 ft), where it was successfully detonated, police said.
    (Production: Jordi Rubio, Catherine Macdonald)
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