A firefighter slightly injured when a shell is discovered in Le Havre

Between August and September 1944, several thousand tons of explosive and incendiary bombs leveled the city center of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime).

The toll had been terrible: more than 2,000 dead.

Regularly, the vestiges of the Second World War reappear.

This was the case again on Tuesday.

A shell was discovered on an earthworks site.

During the reconnaissance, a firefighter inhaled fumes from the ammunition,

reports .

He was transported to the Jacques-Monod hospital center in Montivilliers for a check-up.

The population invited to avoid the sector

The intervention mobilized seventeen firefighters, including a technological risk team.

The machine was unearthed during a maneuver of a backhoe loader avenue Foch,

explains

The shell was covered with earth while waiting to be removed by the Civil Security mine clearance service.

As a precaution, metal barriers and guarding have been put in place to secure the area.

The departmental fire and rescue service invites the population to avoid the area until further notice.

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• Seine Maritime

• Second World War

• Shell

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• Firefighters

• Normandy

• the harbor

• Ammunition

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