An unexploded bomb from the Second World War was found in a Swansea park before being transported to a nearby beach to be blown up.
Police were first called about the incendiary device on Thursday morning after a member of the public reported that they had found something of interest at Brynmelyn Park to the north of the city centre.
They closed off the park as bomb disposal teams arrived at the scene to make sure the area was safe.
The bomb was removed from the park and taken by specialist teams to the Maritime Quarter Beach some two and a half miles away near Swansea Marina.
Due to the nature of the find, a team was sent down from Ashchurch in Gloucestershire, home of the Ministry of Defence's primary vehicle storage and distribution site.
Video footage captured at the beach shows the controlled explosion being carried out by the British Army. Two members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team can be seen standing at the entrance to the beach, a safe distance away, until the device has exploded.
A large bang is then heard as the explosion is conducted, shooting sand into the air.
A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said: “We were called at around 10.15am on Thursday morning following reports of a suspected WW2 incendiary device having been found in the Waun Wen area of Swansea. A bomb disposal team attended and transported the device to the beach by Swansea Observatory where they carried out a controlled explosion."
A spokeswoman from the Ministry of Defence said: "We can confirm an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called out to Swansea the request of South Wales Police.
"A team from 11 EOD&S Regiment responded to the call-out in question. An item was safely destroyed in situ."
