Evacuation at Equinix's Frankfurt 5 facility lifted
The 500kg bomb from the Second World War discovered in the Frankfurt district of Gallus, approximately 250 metres from the Equinix Frankfurt 5 facility, was rendered harmless by the ordnance clearance service of the state of Hesse on 6 December, 2020, so evacuation was lifted at Equinix's Frankfurt 5 (FR5) facility.
Yesterday afternoon, Equinix confirmed it received the all-clear from Government Authorities and the evacuation has been lifted. Equinix personnel have now returned to the FR5 IBX and customers are welcome to schedule appointments.
"There has been no health or safety impact to any personnel and no impact to the operations of FR5 or any other local Equinix facilities during the evacuation", Equinix says.
The Frankfurt Fire Department explained that the 500kg bomb was deactivated by the ordnance disposal service today. Before that, almost 13,000 people had to leave a defined danger zone as a precaution. Due to the location of the bomb and the role of Frankfurt as a traffic junction, the defusing also had an impact on many long-distance connections of the German railways.
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