Most current UXO risk is limited to areas, mainly in London and Portsmouth, that were subject to the Blitz and to land used by the military to store ammunition or to train on. According to the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA), from 2006 to 2009, over 15,000 items of ordnance were found in construction sites in the UK. Most notably, 1000 homes were evacuated in Plymouth in April 2009 when a Second World War bomb was discovered, and in June 2008 a 1 000 kg bomb was found in Bow in East London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance#United_Kingdom
建設工事で地面を掘って見つかることが多く、CIRIAでは業者向けのパンフレットを出しているそうだ。
そんな事例が、今週もあった。見つかったのは長さ5フィートの1000ポンド爆弾。場所はロンドン南東部のバーモンジー。「泥棒市」でも知られる庶民的なエリアだ。
Residents flee the #bermondseybomb 'in their dressing gowns' http://t.co/QTJT6nidjn pic.twitter.com/VXzuyBV06M
— Evening Standard (@standardnews) March 24, 2015
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