Army specialists had been trying to defuse the historic explosive after it was found by a contractor on Tuesday.
0:28Emergency services and agencies declared a major incident following the discovery of the large, unexploded device at a river crossing in Great Yarmouth on Tuesday and had been working to disarm it.
However, on Friday afternoon, Norfolk Police said there had been an"unplanned" detonation - but that no one was hurt. Army specialists had been cutting the bomb using a technique which creates a slow burn of the explosives.After the explosion, the force said on Twitter that it was"not a planned detonation" but added that"all army and emergency service personnel were accounted for".The work to cut into the bomb began on Thursday, but the water needed to do the work reduced the effectiveness of the sand barrier around the device.
About one metre long and weighing around 250kg, the bomb was discovered by a contractor working on the third crossing over the River Yare.
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