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Slovenia: over 500 WWI ordnances exploded during wildfires

Danger still significant, authorities warn

29 July, 11:25
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUL 29 - The wildfire that raged across Kras, in Slovenia, for the past two weeks proved extraordinarily difficult to contain because the area is littered with thousands of World War I explosive devices that could detonate if exposed to extreme heat, the Slovenian news agency STA reported. Over 500 devices exploded during the fire, which has since been put out, but the area remains hazardous, authorities warned.

According to STA, experts estimate that the area of the former WWI Isonzo Front is littered with about 70 kilos of unexploded explosive ordnance per square metre. (ANSA).

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