Serbia: powerful explosions in an ammunition depot
A fire broke out very early in the morning on Friday June 4 in a warehouse at the Sloboda arms factory in Cacak, southwestern Serbia.
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An ammunition warehouse belonging to a Serbian weapons factory caught fire and then exploded on Friday, without causing any casualties.
But the surrounding houses had to be evacuated.
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With our correspondent in Belgrade,
Laurent Rouy
A fire broke out very early in the morning of Friday, June 4 in a warehouse at the Sloboda arms factory in Cacak, southwestern Serbia.
In the hangars were stored detonators and small caliber ammunition.
Although the reasons for the fire are not yet known, the evacuation system worked well, as of the 60 employees present, none were injured.
Ammunition explosions threw shards across the city and many buildings and vehicles were damaged.
There are no casualties, because the nearest houses have been evacuated and part of the population has taken refuge by themselves in caves.
# Serbia- A series of explosions rocked an ammunition plant's facilities in the Serbian town of Cacak in the early hours of Friday morning, but there were no reports of casualties
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- Mete SohtaoÄźlu (@metesohtaoglu) June 4, 2021
Dilapidated equipment
Although very rare, this type of accident is not a first in Cacak.
In 2006, a similar fire hit the pyrotechnic production line, without causing any casualties.
The Serbian arms industry produces mainly small arms and ammunition.
The country exports to all the hot spots of the planet, but invests too little in the modernization of the production tool.
A dilapidation which perhaps explains the accident on Friday.
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