A259 OPEN - 'BOMB' WAS A FUEL TANK.....


September 7th, 2017.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts have confirmed that what was feared to be a wartime bomb on a building site in Peacehaven is, in fact, a disused fuel tank.


Agencies are now working together to return the situation to normal.

The A259 South Coast Road has been re-opened and local diversions removed.

A 200-metre exclusion zone, which saw some 55 people having to spend the night at local reception centres, has been lifted. Displaced residents are now returning home.

The Peacehaven Heights and Telscombe Cliffs primary schools, and Peacehaven Community College, closed as a precaution, will remain shut for the rest of the day.

Superintendent Jane Derrick, from Sussex Police, said: "I'm sure everyone is relieved that this incident has been safely resolved, and I'd like to thank everyone affected for their patience and understanding.

"In such situations safety is always paramount. Unfortunately, no one was able to determine exactly what we were dealing with until painstaking work by bomb disposal experts throughout the night confirmed there was no danger."
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