Second World War bomb explodes in Britain: Sound heard up to 24 kilometres away

A World War II-era bomb exploded before being defused on Friday in Great Yarmouth, England. The incident took place around 5 pm. The sound of the bomb blast was heard by the people up to 15 miles i.e. 24 kilometres away.
According to the police, no one was hurt in the bomb blast, and all the people in the area are safe. The area commander said that after the explosion, the windows of many houses and cars were shattered and the boundary of the bridge was also damaged.
According to the BBC, information about the presence of bombs near two gas pipelines was received only on Tuesday. After this, police, emergency services and rescue personnel were deployed at a distance of 200 and 400 meters near the bomb. However, these have been removed after the bomb blast.
The local administration had got the surrounding areas evacuated as soon as the bomb was reported on Tuesday. Hundreds of people were asked to move away from the area, as well as all roads and streets were sealed.
To reduce the damage caused by the bomb blast, it was surrounded by the earth from all sides. According to Area Commander Nathan Clarke, if a sand barrier had not been built around this bomb, it could have been fatal. At the same time, Norfolk's Assistant Chief Constable Nick Davison told that as soon as the team of experts started the work of defusing the bomb, it exploded. Thankfully no team member was around at the time.
Actually, the army specialist had made a plan to defuse the bomb. He wanted to cut the fuse of the bomb through the robot. But, in this work they also needed water. Due to this the capacity of the sand barrier would be reduced. The army was preparing a plan for how to strengthen the sand barrier. However, the bomb exploded before the plan could be completed.