Sappers worked 12 days to remove unexploded ordnances from a forest

Powojenny arsenał w lesie. Saperzy pracowali 12 dni

Źródło: KPP w Wołowie

It took nearly two weeks to remove WWII-era unexploded ordnances found in a forest near Wołów (Lower Silesian Voivodeship). Sappers working at the site located more than 1,000 landmines, 3,500 fuses, and 32 aerial bombs weighing 100 kilograms each. Two of those bombs were detonated on the spot.

A local resident notified the police on Sunday, Feb. 12, that he had found unexploded ordnances in a forest in Wołów County. Police officers and forest guards confirmed the find and secured the area.

The police called the 4th Engineer Battalion in Głogów, whose sappers later checked the forest and confirmed that there were anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, fuses, and aerial bombs found in two locations.

"Sappers from the Głogów base, with the help from a sapper patrol from the 23rd Artillery Regiment in Bolesławiec, uncovered and secured nearly 800 anti-tank mines, over 300 anti-personnel mines, over 3,500 fuses, 32 aerial bombs weighing 100 kilograms each, and 37 detonators. As it was not possible to remove two of the bombs, the soldiers detonated them at the scene," said Janusz Rosa of Wołów Police.

For 12 days the local police secured the area where the ordnances were found. All in order to ensure safety to bystanders and passersby.