Large Explosion in centre of Brighton

something daft already!!

something daft already!!

something daft already!!

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Police everywhere, about 10-20 cars.
Wasn't allowed to pop to the shop in my lunch break.

Then ten minutes or so later, I hear the loudest explosion I have ever heard. The floor shook.

Apparently they found a bomb there.
 
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3:26pm

'I was 30 feet away'

A pub worker has described the moment the explosion went off just metres from where he was working.

Adam Smith was at the Brewdog pub and said he recorded some footage, but dropped his phone because of the force of the blast.

He said: "It was quite shocking.We were talking and wondering if we were too close to them when the explosion went off.

"We could really feel it, there was definitely a lot of adrenaline.

"The bomb disposal team had packed it with sandbags on top, and the explosion blew them apart.

"It was pretty unexpected. I spoke with one of the officers but they would not tell us what the device was.

"There was a helicopter and armed police, and they had blocked off the whole area."
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Open pub?
On my way
 
This wasn't a bomb. It was the sound of a small black hole forming, spontaneously caused by the sudden mass increase as the entire country flock to the open pub.
 
Hades said:
This wasn't a bomb. It was the sound of a small black hole forming, spontaneously caused by the sudden mass increase as the entire country flock to the open pub.
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I heard that one of the local community had managed to get hold of some poppers for the first time in 7 weeks. The sudden opening of their orifice caused a mass suction of air resulting in said black hole.
 
D3K said:
WW2 bomb apparently
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Either fairly small bomb or ~100mm artillery shell from the explosion (taking into account age/demolition control).

Surprised people were that close to it though - when something like that happened near me they had everyone within ~300 yards evacuated and anyone upto 500 yards away had to stay indoors.
 
Efour said:
Not so VE Day now are you... I bet Hitler's laughing in his grave.
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Germany has it worse with WW2 bombs still around. France has it worst of all - there are still complete no-go areas in France from WW1, let alone WW2. Zone Rouge, the red zone. Decorated with numerous signs bluntly warning you that going past the fence might kill you. Because it might. The much less dangerous areas outside the red zone are described as "serious danger". The red zone is described as "complete devastation". There are a few paths and a few small areas that almost certainly don't contain unexploded bombs and cater to tourists, but if you ever go there don't stray from a marked path and don't touch anything. Including the soil, because a lot of it is heavily contaminated.

This one must have been very small. Not a bomb as such. Sandbags and a very small area cordoned off? When something big's found the precautions are a lot more than that.
 
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