Sunday morning, around 54.000 people have been evacuated in the southern Italian port city of Brindisi.
It happens after there is found a bomb from the 2. world war in the city.
It writes Reuters.
According to the Italian media Corriere della Sera is the evacuation the largest in Italy in peacetime.
Citizens have been evacuated in a radius of 1.617 meters from the place where the bomb was found.
According to authorities, the bomb one meter long and contains 40 kilos of dynamite.
It was found by chance during the renovation of a movie theater last month.
There should be talk about a british bomb, which was probably thrown over Brindisi in 1941, when Italy under Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime participated in the 2. World war ii on the axis side.
Experts are working to dismantle the bomb, and the evacuation is expected to be over by noon.
But until that happens, Brindisi, almost paralyzed.
Among other things, is the city’s airport, train station and two hospitals closed down during the evacuation.
There live about 100,000 people in the Brindisi, which is an important færgeby.
