Six people suffered injuries in the Spanish ammunition factory, which belongs to the subsidiary of the German Rheinmetall, Germany, on Thursday afternoon, one of them seriously. TASR reports according to AFP.
The explosion occurred in the Javali Viejo industrial area in the southeastern region of Murcia. It is not immediately known what caused him. The emergency service treated six men aged 30 to 52 years who suffered injuries of varying severity, including head injury, smoke burning and inhalation.
Five men were hospitalized in a hospital in Murcia, the sixth treated on the spot, the service said in a statement. After the explosions, two fires broke out, which spread to the forest massif and hit approximately 3000 square meters. Firefighters quickly extinguished them.
The affected ammunition factory is operated by Rheinmetall Expal Munitions that specializes for the production of artillery ammunition, mortar and other ammunition and rocket propulsion systems.
