About 130 more unexploded ordinances were found in an area around the TV tower in Baku, Parviz Gidayev, an operating employee at the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), told Trend News agency.

On November 12, about 470 ordinances were found and removed from the area.

Up until now, the area around the TV tower in Baku has been cleared of 2,150 unexploded ordinances. Today the number has hit 2,280. About 130 unexploded ordinances will be neutralized.

Over 1,000 unexploded ordinances were discovered near the TV tower in Baku on November 10.

At present, an operative group consisting of employees of the ANAMA and the Emergency Situations Ministry are working on the scene to clear the area.

“The unexploded ordinances mainly include 125mm-armor-piercing tank shells. Rain spread the shells to 350-500 square meters as the area is on down grade,” he said.