Military Detonates 13 Bombs Found off Gongliao Coast|軍方引爆卯澳灣海底未爆彈 浪花10層樓高

Divers diving in New Taipei City's Maoao Bay were shocked to find unexploded bombs at the bottom of the ocean. The military says there were 13 bombs in total. Luckily, they were all safely detonated this morning.


Thirteen bombs are detonated in Maoao Bay, sending 10-story waves shooting up to the sky. After the bombs were discovered by divers on the 20th, military inspectors confirmed there were 13 bombs sitting on the ocean floor at a depth of 10 to 13 meters, just 100 meters away from a local elementary school. Worried about what could happen if they tried moving the bombs, the military decided to detonate them instead on the 30th.

The military had concerns about safety, so we decided detonating them on site was the safest choice.

The local borough chief says the bombs may date back to the period of Japanese occupation and may have ended up in the ocean when US forces sank a Japanese bomb carrier. The Gongliao District Office met with the Navy, Fisheries Agency and Coast Guard Administration five times to discuss how to proceed and the final consensus was to detonate the bombs. The Fisheries Agency warned fishing boats to stay at least 1,000 meters away from the site while the district office notified residents to make anti-tremor preparations. District officials also went to a temple to pray everything would go smoothly.

At 10:15 a.m. on the 20th, the Navy used 1,300 kilograms of explosives to remotely detonate all 13 bombs from a distance of 600 meters.

We have already done some partial transplantation to minimize the damage to the lowest level possible.

Traffic restrictions have been lifted and the military says it will send a team to the ocean floor to make sure all the bombs are gone.



原本風平浪靜的海面，一聲低響後，海面濺起10層樓高的浪花，畫面震撼。位在新北市貢寮區卯澳灣，進行水下爆破作業。潛水客20號在卯澳灣，疑似看到未爆彈，軍方接獲通報，派員下水勘查，在距離福連國小100公尺處海域，深度約10到13公尺，確實發現多達13枚未爆彈，軍方擔心搬移未爆彈有風險，決定選在30號就地引爆。

貢寮區福連里里長 吳文益表示：「軍方有安全疑慮，那我們就以現地來引爆，這樣是最安全的方式。」

當地里長表示，未爆彈可能是日據時期，日本運彈船被美軍擊沉，船上彈藥沉落海底，貢寮區公所跟海軍、漁業署、海巡署經過5次開會協商後，取得就地引爆的共識，漁業署發布公告，禁止漁船靠近作業水域半徑1000公尺，貢寮區公所也通知里民做好防震準備，也參拜廟宇祈求爆破作業順利完成，海軍水下作業大隊隨後搭乘橡膠艇，下水裝設引信，一次使用1300多公斤炸藥量，透過無線遙控引爆器。

10點15分左右，軍方在距離未爆彈600公尺外，一次引爆13顆未爆彈。

新北市貢寮區長 鍾耀磊表示：「針對我們復育的部分，我們部分，已經先做相關的移植的一個動作，所以我們把相對的傷害，減低到最低。」

引爆作業順利完成，警方也解除交通管制，軍方則表示，還會下水確認，13顆未爆彈是否完全爆破。