Huge blast at Serbia munitions factory forces evacuation

Sloboda is the biggest munitions factory in Serbia.

A series of explosions early on Friday rocked a military factory in central Serbia, forcing evacuation of workers and nearby residents and causing panic, but no injuries. The blasts at an ammunition depot of the Sloboda factory in Cacak, about 140km south of Belgrade, set off a series of detonations and a huge fire that lit the night sky above the town. Police sealed off the area, blocked roads into the town and moved people living near the factory from their homes. Workers who were at the factory hid in the basement when the explosions started.