CSG says fire at Slovak ammunition body plant broke out during reconstruction
CSG said the blaze was extinguished after two hours and no one was injured, but production was temporarily suspended while investigators assess the damage.
- On Wednesday, a fire broke out at a ZVS Holding ammunition plant in Snina, Slovakia, with thick black smoke rising from the building until emergency crews brought the blaze under control after two hours.
- CSG spokesperson Andrej Chirtek said the fire ignited on the roof during renovation work by an external contractor, with all staff evacuated immediately and no injuries reported.
- Local authorities in Snina urged residents to keep windows closed and avoid air conditioning as a precaution; production at the affected facility has been temporarily suspended pending damage assessment.
- Despite the halt, the Czechoslovak Group does not expect customer deliveries to be disrupted due to other available production facilities; ZVS Holding is jointly owned by the MSM Group and the Slovak government.
- CSG is investigating the fire's cause while cooperating with authorities; as a major supplier of ammunition and military equipment to Ukraine, the company has not yet indicated when operations at the Snina site will resume.
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CSG says fire at Slovak ammunition body plant broke out during reconstruction
A fire that broke out on Wednesday during reconstruction work on the roof of a Slovak large-calibre ammunition body plant that is part of the Czechoslovak Group was extinguished and did not cause any injuries, CSG said.
<p>A defense company producing shells for Ukraine caught fire for the second time in a week in Europe. A fire at the ZVS Holding plant in Snin halted production. Workers evacuated, no casualties, causes of fire find out.</p>
At the ZVS Holding plant in Slovakia, a workshop was set on fire, which is under reconstruction, and the Ministry of Defence links the fire to repairs, not sabotage.
In the eastern part of Slovakia, there was no ignition on the premises of the munitions factory affected by the incident, Dennikn reports. The ignition occurred in the building of the ZVS Holding Defence Company, located in the city of Snina in the east of the country. It is noted that repairs are under way in the premises and TASS is being transferred. The factory produces ammunition from MSM Group, which is part of the large weapons holding co…
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