The explosion in the engineering company in the shelf injured one person who was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
In the engineering company in the Czech town of Polička in the Pardubice Region, there was an explosion on Tuesday morning, the third stage of the fire alarm is announced. The explosion occurred in the area where large -caliber ammunition is produced. According to firefighters, one person was injured. The police have evacuated the building and assured the public on social network X that there was no danger, informs TASR.
“There was an explosion in the engineering company in the shelf before 9.00.
The injured person who, according to the spokeswoman of the regional rescuers Alena Kisial in serious condition, was transported by air to the traumenter of the hospital in Olomouc. She still says there is a risk of explosion, so rescuers remain in place. He expects to intervene for an hour or two. “All people are evacuated from the area and are at the moment in a safe zone,” Kisiala added.
According to iDNES.cz, the event was reported as an explosion of the Trinitrotoluene warehouse (TNT). Reportedly, there were problems in a special furnace in which the mixture is prepared for charge.
Polic engineering are part of the STV Invest holding. The iDNES.cz server said that the STV Group plant in the shelf is the only one in the Czech Republic where the ammunition of a large caliber is produced.
