Prvi Partizan Factory Exploes

Yeah...that's really funny, guys.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8237802.stm

Page last updated at 10:14 GMT, Friday, 4 September 2009 11:14 UK

Serb arms plant blasts kill seven

At least seven people have been killed and 14 injured in a series of explosions at an ammunition factory in western Serbia.

The blasts happened in an underground area of the Prvi Partizan factory at Uzice, about 150km (95 miles) west of the capital, Belgrade.

Six of the seven victims were women. It is not yet clear what caused the explosions at the facility.

A major disaster was averted by firefighters, one Serb official said.

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Yes, these accidents most often seem to affect woman. If you have ever been to these types of plant, Women to most of the hand work.
 
No, most factories were bombed in 99 by NATO, but small arms were not as hard hit as chemicals or the car plant at Zastava. Cacak was badly hit, as was the powder plant at MBL.
 
22ivan said:
Prvi Partisans three biggest customers are the US, Libya and Myanmar. Colonel Kadafi will be waiting for his order like an IPSC shooter waiting for his order from BDX. Monk season may also be delayed in Myanmar.
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It's horrible, but the last line caught me off guard. I chuckled.

Wonder how this will affect their production? Hopefully those injured weren't badly hurt.
 
MUP finish arms plant blast probe 7 September 2009 | 13:26 | Source: Beta

BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Ivica Dačić says that the Serbian police (MUP) have finished their investigation into the Prvi Partizan Užice explosion.

 The case is now in the hands of the prosecution, he explained.

Dačić explained that five people were arrested and detained on suspicion of causing general danger.

The suspects are believed to have mishandled gun powder in a space that was not allocated to the purpose.

According to Dačić, the victims did not work in that part of the factory and were not responsible for causing the deadly accident.

The explosion in the western Serbia-based arms factory on Thursday night caused the deaths of seven workers.
 
I think I read some place that it would be 2-3 weeks before they were up and running again. No machinery was destroyed but production areas were damaged due to sprinkler systems.



H Wally said:
It's horrible, but the last line caught me off guard. I chuckled.

Wonder how this will affect their production? Hopefully those injured weren't badly hurt.
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Sorry for the electronic translation
02:33 UZICE, September 4th (Tanjug) - Seven killed, including six women and one man, and 14 more easily injured, the epilogue is more explosions that have occurred on Thursday evening in the munition, "the first Partizan in Uzice, confirmed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. He told reporters after touring the factory, that the causes of the explosion, for now, are not known, it is early to talk about it and that it will be the subject of investigative bodies to disclose the names of victims. Greater tragedy, according to Dacic, prevented the timely intervention of fire and rescue units of the MUP, which would have prevented the fire from spreading to the storage of finished products and varnishing facility. Condolences to families of those killed in his name and all members of the Ministry of Defense sent his Defense Minister Dragan Ssutanovac. Minister Sutanovac Tanjug said that at this moment difficult to say what the cause of the accident and expressed hope that the investigating authorities to determine the facts. "The first factory''partisan''in Uzice is one of the few factories which have almost all of their annual production pre-sold and the Government of the Republic of Serbia will find its way to families poginilih factory and help in these circumstances," said Ssutanovac. Expressed condolences to the families and the Mayor of Uzice John Markovic who announced that the city on the occasion of this tragedy to declare a day of mourning. Director of "The First Partisan" Dobrosav Andric said that he did not know what could be the cause of this tragedy and did not believe that the reason for the explosion in the production process. He said that was primarily done in two weeks kompeltan repair factory, and that all employees who work in factories have extensive experience in working with explosives. Ambulance and fire brigade teams quickly responded and the fire that caused the explosion localized very quickly, said Tanjug Head of Emergency situcije Predrag Maric and added that the risk of new explosions is no more. According to the duty doctor at the General Hospital Uzice Branko Bukvic, all slightly injured workers zbinuti in that institution after indicated support released homes. She said that it was a minor injury caused by carbon dioxide poisoning. From the moment of explosion is heard before the gates of the factory assembled large boroj citizens and relatives of victims. Competent say the explosion and fire that followed did not inflict greater damage. The explosions took place in an underground tunnel Orlovac hills, which, with very little visibility, made the difficulties spasilačkoj team approach. Factory ammunition "First Partizan in Uzice, founded in 1928. as a gunsmith shop and now supplies ammunition army and police. It was the first private factory in the Balkans, and its products were included in the first world catalogs of weapons and ammunition at the time. It is 21st November 1941. , when he worked as a partisan weapon and ammunition factories, a powerful explosion occurred which killed about a hundred people. Since 1947 the Factory work called "The Partisan" and since then has continued to develop the production of other calibers rifle ammunition, and ammunition for the commercial market. For the past seven decades, "Prvi Partizan" from a small workshop managed to become a world-renowned manufacturer of ammunition, and the production includes over 300 species of gun, and rifle ammunition karabinske have customers from America, Australia and New Zealand, Africa and Europe. Now in three production plants for more than 600 employees.
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CanAm said:
No, most factories were bombed in 99 by NATO, but small arms were not as hard hit as chemicals or the car plant at Zastava. Cacak was badly hit, as was the powder plant at MBL.
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Isn't/wasn't Zastava also a small-arms manufacturer? :confused: Or am I thinking of a specific division within a larger group of companies? :yingyang:
 
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