Overcoming explosion at Cam Bridge construction site
(Baonghean) - On the afternoon of April 10, while the Truong Son Bridge and Road Construction Company was drilling sand piles, the drill bit touched a bomb (or artillery shell), which exploded, creating a hole 3m deep, 9m long, and 8m wide. The pressure of the bomb caused a section of National Highway 1A to crack.
Construction area is guarded and handled safely.
On April 11, Construction Company 384 (Army Corps 12) mobilized forces and vehicles to re-examine the entire construction site at Cam Bridge area (Km 442+385, National Highway 1A), where the explosion occurred.
It is known that previously, bomb and mine clearance forces discovered 166 bombs, artillery shells, mortars and other explosives lying deep underground in this area.
Tran Hoai
