BOMB disposal units have rushed to a Hampshire beach.
A bomb has exploded off Meon Shore sending jets of water high into the air.
📟7/5/20 Team tasked to unexploded ordnance on Meon Shore. Cordon placed & details passed to EOD. @RoyalNavy Bomb disposal from @FleetDivingSqn detonated item. Beach now clear & reopened. Many thanks to the public for adherence to our cliff & beach closure @HMCoastguard pic.twitter.com/HIUlioEcTw
— Hillhead Coastguard Rescue Team (@hillheadcg) May 7, 2020
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts and members of Hillhead Coastguard rushed to the scene after a walker stumbled upon the unexploded piece of ordnance at around 7.30am today.
Believed to be an old World War II shell a stretch of beach was taped off so it could be detonated.
Another video of this morning’s ordinance disposal call this morning. @HMCoastguard & @FleetDivingSqn working together to keep the public safe. pic.twitter.com/imiOwSjQUY
— Hillhead Coastguard Rescue Team (@hillheadcg) May 7, 2020
It "safely" exploded at 9.40am and the beach has since been reopened.
Police were notified of the incident but did not attend.
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