More than 10,000 people in the city of Turin, Italy, this morning received orders to evacuate experts to handle a 200 kg bomb from World War II.

Residents living near the bomb site were ordered to leave the "red zone" around Nizza Street, downtown Turin, capital of the Piedmont region, northern Italy, while experts were on duty. The bomb was dropped on the area 70 years ago.

More than 50,000 others living on the edge of the "red zone" are advised to leave or remain indoors from 7am to 4pm. However, city officials removed the warning at around 14:00 after the bomb team announced the completion of the work. The bomb contained about 65 kg of explosives.

Mayor of Turin Chiara Appendino was present at the scene and planned to visit evacuated residents to buildings at a fairground on the edge of the city.

The Turin airspace and the Porta Nuova train station along Nizza were also closed at the time of the bomb disposal. Military experts moved the disabled bomb to Cirie, about 13 km northwest of Turin. Here, it will be permanently destroyed inside an abandoned quarry.