The operations started at 7 in the morning and lasted for over four hours.
To ensure the safety of people and infrastructure, minimizing the inconvenience caused by the clearing precautions, the Army bomb squad first proceeded to completely empty the bomb with a jet of water at high pressure, recovering the explosive that was later burned at the former quarry of Forte Ratti in Quezzi, near Genoa.
The war remnant dating back to World War II had been accidentally unearthed by an excavator engaged in soil stabilization work. The accidental impact of the machinery, also due to the absence of the foreseen trigger devices, had caused only the partial explosion of the bomb. For the specialists of the 32 ° regiment of genius, organized in an emergency response team called 'EOD' (English abbreviation for Explosive Ordnance Disposal, that is, decontamination of explosive devices) this is the 17 number intervention from the beginning of year in its area of expertise, which includes Liguria, Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta.
The 32 ° Regiment Genio Guastatori, based in Turin, is the resource dedicated to mobility, counter-mobility, deployment and combat support of the Taurinense Alpine Brigade; intervenes when required in activities to support the population in the event of natural disaster and is one of the 12 units from the Weapon of Genius that have the exclusive task of reclaiming the national territory from the numerous war residues still existing and dangerous. particularly delicate activity planned in concert with the competent prefectures by the Northern Interregional Defense Forces command based in Padua and directed by the corps general Bruno Stano.
Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces
