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Seven die in Serbian munitions factory blast, cause unclear
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 04 - 09 - 2009


Seven people were killed and 14 injured Thursday
in a series of explosions at a munitions factory in Serbia, Interior
Minister Ivica Dacic said, according to dpa.
Several blasts occurred in the Prvi Partizan factory in Uzice, 200
kilometres south of Belgrade, on Thursday night. None of the injured
were in a life-threatening condition, and they were all sent home,
Dacic told local media.
The cause of the accident, in which six women and one man were
killed, is still unclear. After the explosions, fire broke out in
underground tunnels of the factory but was soon put out.
"The investigation on the cause of the explosion was not possible
last night because of the smoke, so it began this morning," Predrag
Maric, head of emergency services in the Interior Ministry, said
Friday.
"Interior Ministry experts will do their best to conclude the
investigation as soon as possible ... The investigation will
determine whether the safety procedures were followed, but this
factory was one of the safest in Serbia," Maric told B92 television.
The chief executive of the factory, Dobroslav Andic, said the
production line had been overhauled just two weeks earlier and added
that he has no idea what could have caused the explosion.
Highest-ranking Serbian officials sent condolences to the families
of the victims, and the town Uzice declared a three-day morning for
the victims.
Uzice's mayor, Jovan Markovic, called the authorities to explain
the cause of the accident as soon as possible and said that "mostly
young people" were killed in the accident.
Prvi Partizan factory was founded in 1928 and has a long tradition
of munition manufacturing. Since 1995, 17 people were killed and
dozens injured in explosions in eight factories in Serbia.


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