Recently, wildfires raged along France's Atlantic coast. A forgotten World War II ammunition depot exploded during the wildfires, and hundreds of explosions were heard. The mayor of Le Porge in France's Gironde province, Martial Zaninetti, told Radio France Presse on July 30 that the current round of wildfires had eaten up quite a few houses and detonated a forgotten underground World War II ammunition depot. The loud sound of the explosion was deafening. “We had no idea there was an ammunition depot buried under private land in the town.” According to “Le Ouest de France”, this batch of ammunition is probably left over from the German army. During World War II, the German army built a large number of bunkers, command points, and ammunition depots in the sand dunes and woodland along the French Atlantic coast. When the German army withdrew in 1944, many facilities were abandoned, and large amounts of ammunition and military equipment were gradually forgotten. Such items are still being unearthed from time to time in the local area.

Recently, wildfires raged along France's Atlantic coast. A forgotten World War II ammunition depot exploded during the wildfires, and hundreds of explosions were heard. The mayor of Le Porge in France's Gironde province, Martial Zaninetti, told Radio France Presse on July 30 that the current round of wildfires had eaten up quite a few houses and detonated a forgotten underground World War II ammunition depot. The loud sound of the explosion was deafening. “We had no idea there was an ammunition depot buried under private land in the town.” According to “Le Ouest de France”, this batch of ammunition is probably left over from the German army. During World War II, the German army built a large number of bunkers, command points, and ammunition depots in the sand dunes and woodland along the French Atlantic coast. When the German army withdrew in 1944, many facilities were abandoned, and large amounts of ammunition and military equipment were gradually forgotten. Such items are still being unearthed from time to time in the local area.