Bulgaria: Fire at factory making munitions for Ukraine

Bulgarian authorities are investigating a fire at a munitions factory for links to an explosion at a similar facility in August. Arms maker EMCO says no human error was involved, as investigators look at sabotage.

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Numerous EMCO munitions on display at the HEMUS defense exhibition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on July 1, 2022
EMCO’s owner has been targeted for assassination by Russia, and its factories and warehouses targeted due to its supplying of arms to UkraineImage: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP

Bulgarian authorities are investigating a fire at a munitions storage facility operated by arms maker EMCO.

Police say the blaze broke out Friday night and follows a similar incident at another EMCO site in August.

EMCO’s munitions are used in Ukraine and sabotage has not been ruled out.

The full extent of the damage is not yet known but no casualties have been reported.

“At present there is no danger to the population,” said local police, adding that employees had been evacuated and the area cordoned off.

EMCO has ruled out any chance of human error in the incident.

This is a developing story, stay tuned as we update…

Edited by: Kieran Burke

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