Footage of a 500 lb World War Two bomb discovered at a petrol station in Thessaloniki, Greece,

The video, filmed on Monday, shows the large shell, which was reportedly dropped by an American bomber in 1944, buried underground.

According to reports, the discovery prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

A Huge WW2 bomb 500lb (250 kg) found in a gas station at western Thessaloniki at 5 meters deep. The bomb dropped by an american B-24 on 1944 during bombardment of retreating Nazi forces, right next to train network lines of Thessaloniki. Over 70.000 people estimated to evacuate a 2km safe zone next Sunday 12/2, around the gas station in which bomb found. It's the largest civilian evacuation since Greek Civil War. Footage shows the first response of Greek army and effords to move the bomb