Firefighters say they have successfully carried out a controlled explosion of a World War II-era bomb in the northeastern German city of Oranienburg.
Oranienburg firefighters say some 11,000 people were evacuated from homes, schools and nursing homes in the area surrounding the bomb.
Construction workers found it last week during work in the city north of Berlin.
Authorities say the bomb was too large to relocate and decided instead to set it off Friday after covering it under several yards (meters) of earth and straw.
More than 140 unexploded bombs from World War II have been found in Oranienburg since 1990. The city was a manufacturing hub under the Nazis and came under heavy fire from the Allies.
