Industrial Accident in Vrbětice (2014-12-06)

Activation time (UTC): 2014-12-06 11:00:00

Event time (UTC): 2014-12-03 01:15:00

Event type: Industrial accident



Activation reason:

A series of blasts took place on Wednesday (3.12.2014) morning in the munitions depot at Vrbětice in south Moravia, which was destroyed in mid-October by a devastating explosion. Villages in the close vicinity of the munitions store have had to be evacuated for safety reasons and clean-up work at the site had to be interrupted.



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