Viterbo – Everything you need to know: red zone, collection points, reception centers, anti-looting and return
by Daniele Camilli
Evacuation 7 May – The Red Zone – The blue circle indicates the radius of 500 meters from the bomb
Viterbo – Bomb in via De Gasperi, Tuesday 7 May, today is evacuation day. Below is everything you need to know.
First the bomb. This is a World War II bomb found in via De Gasperi in Viterbo on 20 March during construction work on a real estate complex. A Blockbuster bomb dropped by the British Air Force in 1944.
Viterbo – The bomb in via Alcide De Gasperi – The bomb squad at work
The evacuation
The evacuation includes a radius of 1.4 kilometers from the site where the bomb was found and will involve more than 20 thousand people. The map of the streets to evacuate. Operations begin at 6 am. The red zone must be cleared by 9 am. Anyone who decides to remain at home despite the order risks the provisions of article 650 of the penal code: “Whoever does not comply with a provision legally given by the authority for reasons of justice or public safety, or public order or of hygiene, is punished, if the act does not constitute a more serious crime, with imprisonment of up to three months or with a fine of up to 206 euros”. The evacuation will end in the afternoon. There isn’t a timetable. The municipal administration will communicate the end of the operations.
In an area up to a radius of 500 meters from the point of discovery of the bomb, the supply of gas and electricity is suspended from 7am and for the entire duration of the operations (the use of high-performance generators is permitted). maximum power up to 3 KW). Also in this area it is recommended to avoid the use of lifts and pay particular attention to electric gates.
Always within a radius of 500 meters from the point where the bomb was found, parking along the streets is prohibited. To make it easier for the population, the municipality has made the car parks of the Shrine and Viale Raniero Capocci accessible free of charge from 8pm on 6 May.
Before leaving their homes, citizens must check that the water taps are closed and close the gas meter valve. It is allowed to bring pets with you.
People who must evacuate are reminded to bring with them: usual medications, mobile phone, identity documents; essential things for children (spare parts, diapers, space-saving toys); eyeglasses and hearing aids.
Viterbo – The bomb in via De Gasperi
Reception centres
Four reception centers have been organized where the evacuated population can go: the parish of Santa Barbara, the parish of Santa Maria della Grotticella (Mazzetta), the parish church of the Holy Family (Carmine, Salamaro), the parish of Villanova. The latter is intended only for fragile people.
Collection points
All citizens who cannot go independently to the reception centers will be able to take advantage of a special free transport service made available by the municipality, active from 6am to 8.45am which will stop at the following 24 collection points, identified by specific signs: piazza Beata Maria de Mattias, via Genova (parking near BNL), via Monte Cervino (local police parking), piazza Atleti Azzurri d’Italia, via I. Nievo (in front of the Geko bar), via C. Cattaneo, via San Biele, Rocchi stadium (parking), viale B. Buozzi, viale Trento, piazzale San Bernardino da Siena, piazza Gustavo Adolfo, via Friuli (park), piazza San Sisto, piazza Plebiscito, piazza dei Caduti, piazzale Gramsci, piazza Verdi ( del Teatro), piazza Crispi, via Tarquini, viale Trieste, piazza del Santuario (La Quercia), via Vicenza (in front of the San Crispino climb), via Garbini (parking in front of the municipal offices).
A Blockbuster bomb from World War II
Anti-looting
From 7pm on 6 May the red area will be flown over by 9 drones for control and to avoid any cases of looting. The devices transmit the images directly to the police headquarters operations center.
Viterbo – The video of the discovery of the bomb in via De Gasperi
The return after the reclamation
The beginning and end of the cleanup will be signaled with sirens and will also be communicated on the municipality’s official channels.
Once the clean-up operations have been completed, the shuttle buses will take the people back to the collection points with the reverse route. During the time of the operations, as requested by the Local Health Authority through a note from the municipality, it is preferable for the population to go to the emergency room of the Belcolle hospital only in case of necessity, after consulting the family doctor.
As regards the return phases at the end of the operations, the municipality invites the population to reopen the meter tap without turning on the lights and check, by smelling, whether there are gas leaks. If you smell gas, do not turn on the electrical switches, ventilate the house by opening doors and windows and call the gas technician.
Information
Further information (www.comune.viterbo.it) can be found on the municipality’s website where on the homepage there is a special information section with all the official updates. There is also a special email inbox ([email protected]) and a telephone number (0761 348550), as well as the municipality’s Facebook page.
Daniele Camilli
Service links provided by the Municipality of Viterbo and the Prefecture of Viterbo
For all other information: dedicated line: tel. 0761 348550
– Consult the map of the red area
– Information for citizens (Section constantly updated)
– Consult the information flyer
– FAQ – 7 May 2024, useful information. Updated May 6, 2024
– The questionnaire for those in the red zone – download the document
– The questionnaire for those in the red zone – fill out the form directly
May 7, 2024
Bomb in via De Gasperi … The articles
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- War ordnance clearance, today’s information points
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, waste out of the house by midnight
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- Ministry of the Interior: “Unexploded bombs, the underground of our country is still at war…”
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, tomorrow 7 May in the red zone citizens will have to leave their homes by 9am
- Rome-Cesano-Viterbo and Orte-Viterbo railway lines, trains suspended for “Bomba day”
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, the detailed list of streets to be evacuated must be published”
- “Bomb defuse, somewhat strange warning for gas shutoff”
- Bomb clearance, information leaflets on Saturday and Sunday in Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza Crispi
- Bomba day, sirens to indicate the beginning and end of operations and 24 collection points to reach the reception centers – Here’s where they will be
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi: anti-looting drones, reception centers and parking ban 500 meters from the bomb”
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, drones will fly over the red zone
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, on 7 May in Belcolle outpatient activities and visits to patients suspended”
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- Bomb in via De Gasperi, on 7 May all schools inside and outside the red zone closed
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, the red zone map updated
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, the red zone is reduced
- Sergio Saggini: “The bomb in via De Gasperi was for years one and a half meters from the swimming pool of a villa”
- Bomb-proof barriers in via della Pace…
- “Bomb evacuation via De Gasperi, people’s biggest concern is looting”
- Bomba via De Gasperi, the information points for tomorrow 5 April
- Bomba in via De Gasperi, the questionnaire for those who are in the red zone and need assistance with transport
- Blockbuster bombs, discoveries and evacuations from 2001 to today
- War devices, information points open until 7pm
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- “Blockbuster bombs”, were used in seven British night bombings between 1943 and 1944
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- Bomb in via De Gasperi, everything you need to know in terms of procedures and skills
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, all the streets that will have to be evacuated
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, evacuating on Tuesday is absurd… it just means putting a city on the cross”
- “May 7 is not a random date, but one studied, considered and shared”
- Giancarlo Martinengo: “The evacuation will begin at 6 and will last until the afternoon, the red zone must be free by 9”
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi: over 400 streets involved in the evacuation, from Santa Barbara to the entire historic center”
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi: evacuation on May 7, involving over 30 thousand people”
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, new meeting today in the prefecture in view of the evacuation
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, a questionnaire to organize the evacuation of people with fragility”
- “Unexploded bombs, 5 dead and several injured in 2023 alone”
- “In 2007, over 20 thousand people were evacuated for a radius of approximately 2 kilometers and water, gas and electricity were cut off”
- Gennaro Capo: “Bomb in via De Gasperi, the evacuation will only concern a part of the city”
- Chiara Frontini: “Bomb in via De Gasperi, possible evacuation of thousands of people”
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, it is one of the largest ever found in Italy”
- The bomb found is a 2,000 kilo English “Blockbuster”.
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, the population will be evacuated”
- Bomb in via De Gasperi, heavy vehicle traffic banned within the security perimeter
- “Bomb in via De Gasperi, if the excavator had taken it from the front it would have been a disaster”
- Bomb with 1300 kilos of TNT in via De Gasperi, possible evacuation of the city within a radius of three kilometers
- World War II bomb in via De Gasperi
