Police, territorial army troops and city authorities helped transport the residents to safety at the Lublin Arena stadium and other large buildings, according to news outlets.
The operation to remove the 250-kilogram explosive was expected to last around two hours, allowing the inhabitants to return to their homes in the early afternoon, according to officials.
The unexploded World War II bomb was found on Thursday by builders conducting earthworks on a new residential area, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Before World War II, this part of Lublin hosted an aircraft factory and an airport; after the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939, the occupation authorities operated a prisoner camp and a labour camp in the area, PAP noted.
World War II bombs are still regularly found during earthworks in Poland, which was the site of heavy fighting, US broadcaster ABC News reported.
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Source: PAP, TVP Lublin, ABC News
News From Poland's Marcin Matuszewski explored both the latest developments - and the history behind this unexploded ordnance.
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