Woman finds item, it's a bomb & explodes in her jacket

[Melech 9,900]

"A woman in Germany narrowly avoided injury after she picked up a shiny object on a beach she believed to be amber, but which turned out to be part of a Second World War bomb that later burst into flames.

The 41-year-old was out walking on the banks of the Elbe river near Hamburg when she plucked the small stone-like item from wet sand and put it in the pocket of her jacket.

Passersby alerted the woman that her jacket was ablaze where she had placed it on the ground, and she managed to avoid any injuries.

White phosphorus is highly flammable, ignites when exposed to the air and cannot be put out by dousing with water. It burns at up to 1,300C and can cause severe second and third-degree burns that typically require skin grafts.

The highly flammable material found on the banks of the Elbe river in the incident was part of an unexploded white phosphorus bomb left over from the Second World War. Most of the munitions were dropped from fighter planes but failed to detonate.

Firefighters who were called to the scene yesterday later combed the beach looking for more of the white phosphorus -- but failed to find any of the dangerous substance."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-ww2-white-phosphorus-bomb-germany-river-elbe-hamburg-a7879121.html

woman had luck omg

[juju 18,907]

Wow luck was on her side!

What the hell you gonna do with a piece of amber though, like leave weird looking shit where it belongs  

[Emigrante 10,008]

Just now, juju said:

Wow luck was on her side!

What the hell you gonna do with a piece of amber though, like leave weird looking **** where it belongs  

here, where I live, amber is considered souvenir.

[Avenues 4,370]

I mean I would pick up a shiny thing too 

Glad she's safe 

[juju 18,907]

Just now, Emigrante said:

here, where I live, amber is considered souvenir.

I mean, it's not a gem or anything. It's literally just fossilized resin that is sort of pretty

[Emigrante 10,008]

Just now, juju said:

I mean, it's not a gem or anything. It's literally just fossilized resin that is sort of pretty

I know. anyway it looks nice. 

[Addison Rae 18,233]

She is so lucky omg

[MadeToBAMonster 73]

Wow...both fascinating and terrifying.

[PartySick 174,104]

Now she has a cool story to tell

I would've done the same thing. I love collecting little shiny things, cool rocks, etc

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Wow!!

[babs 5,093]

What are the odds!? holy hell. Thank god she's ok

[Werk 13,166]

7 hours ago, juju said:

What the hell you gonna do with a piece of amber though

Eh but like I wouldn't pick anything in a place where I knew WW mostly took place  

[RAMROD 117,892]

Glad she is fine. Hope this teach her a lesson not to quickly pocket anything interesting she finds on the street.