Wildfires burning across Europe are setting off old WWI and WWII bombs

Members of a bomb disposal unit sit next to 1.8 ton World War II bomb after defusing it in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2017 (Picture: AP) Emergency crews battling wildfires across Europe have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the scorched surface – rusty old wartime bombs and mines. The intense heat has al

The scorched landscapes have exposed a potentially lethal threat lurking underground

The fires both expose the old bombs and increase the possibility of them going off.

The warning comes after the continent has battled weeks of devastating wildfires fuelled by dry conditions and a historically hot summer.