Priory Road, Aston
15 May 2017 · Birmingham, West Midlands
View this record on the map →- Date
- 15 May 2017
- Record type
- Found UXO
- Bomb weight
- 250kg
- Cordon radius
- 500m
- Casualties
- None reported
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed incident, street-derived point
What happened
A 250kg German SC250 bomb, containing 139kg of high explosive, was found on a construction site off Priory Road at about 9.45 on a Monday morning.
How it was made safe
Banked with roughly 250 tonnes of sand and destroyed in a controlled detonation the following afternoon.
Evacuation
Around 100 homes and businesses evacuated, about 80 people spending the night in rest centres; the A38(M) Aston Expressway and stretches of the M6 were closed.