Explosion, fire at Polish arms factory kills 1, injures another

WARSAW, Poland — An explosion at a weapons factory in Poland caused a fire Monday that killed a 59-year-old man who worked there and injured another person, officials said.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was no reason to assume an “external force” was behind Monday's explosion at the Mesko plant.

Poland has recently witnessed a series of fires, and authorities have been investigating whether these could be the result of sabotage carried out by Russian or Belarusian intelligence in response to Polish support for Ukraine .

The explosion occurred at the Mesko factory in the town of Skarzysko-Kamienna, according to a statement issued by the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (Polish Armaments Group), a state holding group of manufacturing companies. weapons.

“This is a huge tragedy for the entire Polish Armaments Group,” the group said on its website. He said an investigation was underway.

The factory manufactures munitions, including missiles. Skarzysko-Kamienna lies approximately 135 kilometers (85 miles) south of the Polish capital, Warsaw.