Blast hits Czech defence group STV facility, police say technical defect likely cause

Not sabotage but a device failure was the probable cause of the explosion at the ammunition factory in Polička in central Bohemia, local police report.

The Pardubice police released footage from the factory near Polička on Wednesday. The video, probably shot from a drone, shows how powerful the explosion was. All the windows are broken out, the roof of the building is destroyed. Debris is all over the area. One person was seriously injured in an explosion in a building on Tuesday.

Explosion at ammunition warehouse in Czech Republic injures 1

Facility owned by Czech defense group STV - Anadolu Ajansı

Blast hits Czech defence group STV facility, police say technical defect likely cause

PRAGUE - An explosion hit a facility of Czech defence group STV on Tuesday, officials said, with police saying the blast was likely caused by a technical defect in a production system.

Shards, pieces of roof and silence. The old yellow hall near the forest at the end of the Poličské strojíren complex in Svitavsko is destroyed after Tuesday's explosion. The building was inspected by a special police drone, which brought unique footage.

Polička (Svitavsko) - Marcela Skřipská's family experienced an evacuation due to an explosion at the Poličské strojírny factory in the Svitavsko region once before. On Tuesday it was the second time. She had limited time to take her personal belongings and leave Bořiny, where there is a company site, but also residential development. The police set up a 1.5-kilometer perimeter there, where no one was allowed to stay. It was very stressful and me…