As firefighters from OSP Nowogrodziec – Osiedle wrote on their Facebook profile on January 23:
Today, our unit took part in securing unexploded ordnance discovered near the observation tower in Nowogrodziec. Sandbags were prepared and delivered to secure the unexploded ordnance.
Sappers on the operation in Nowogrodziec
Let us recall. A mortar shell was found in Nowogrodziec, between the observation tower and the military cemetery. A sappers’ operation will be carried out today. Sappers from the 23rd Demining Patrol in Bolesławiec will conduct the evacuation between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. The evacuation will cover an area within a 300-meter radius of the dangerous find.
At 11:00 a.m., the soldiers will begin the operation to remove the unexploded ordnance, which may take approximately two hours.
All people staying in Nowogrodziec in properties located on the following streets will be evacuated:
- Adama Asnyka – entire street
- Bolesławiecka – numbers 10 to 18
- Henryka Sienkiewicza – entire street
- Ogrodowa – entire street
- 1 Maja – numbers 24 to 25a
- Krótka – entire street
- Mickiewicza 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
- as well as Milików 23a, 23b, 121a, 121b, 121c; Lipowa Street 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 32; Morelowa Street, numbers 1 to 10; Jodłowa Street 7, 8, 10, 13, 15; Bukowa Street 1; Dębowa Street 2
For the duration of the evacuation, rooms at the OSP in Nowogrodziec have been prepared: 20 Lubańska Street and GCKiS at 42a Lubańska Street, where people can take shelter.
From 10:00 a.m., pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the danger zone will be suspended until further notice.