Police say it could take up to 48 hours before residents in Bath are allowed home following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb at a school.
A 300-metre exclusion zone remains in place in the Lansdown area of the city - affecting hundreds of homes.
Tonight the device was made safe by experts and is expected to be removed from the site.
The unexploded World War Two bomb found in a school playground in Bath has been destroyed in a controlled explosion in an "isolated location", according to police.
The 500lb shell was disposed of on Friday night, having been deactivated by experts from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit and taken out of the city on the back of a lorry.
Hundreds of homes in the area had been evacuated and three primary schools were closed in the area, along with a doctor's surgery.
As many as 1000 homes were evacuated last night after a World War Two bomb was discovered underneath a former school in Bath.
Local residents have been evacuated to a nearby racecourse after a WWII bomb was discovered at a school in Bath.