Service “Control of General Dangerous Means” (KOS) has completed its investigation and there will be no pre-trial proceedings, as there are no victims and no material damage. This was stated to journalists by the Acting Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov, who commented on the information about an exploding projectile at the factory of the state enterprise "Terem". in Kostenets.
“The Ministry of Defense will not take any measures, such measures are taken by the management of “Terem” and plant management. It is about automatic filling of ammunition in a pressure chamber. There are no people there, the machine does it automatically”, the minister pointed out.
“This is an industrial accident for a certain industrial product that automatically performs this activity,”, he also said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense announced that “Military Police” conducts an investigation of the incident at the "Terem - Tsar Samuil" factory. Ltd. – Kostenets town. The department states that no people were injured in the production accident, only material damage was caused. The plant deals with the disposal and production of ammunition.
The Minister of Defense announced that the damages are to be liquidated and the production process to continue. He assured that the technological process and operation of the device will be checked to increase safety.
“It is not harmless, we are not saying that nothing happened. There has been an industrial accident. The reasons must be revealed in order to prevent such a thing from happening in the future, Atanas Zapryanov pointed out.
In connection with the situation with the fires in the country, Minister Zapryanov pointed out that after repairs and maintenance, the military helicopters are involved in extinguishing again. “Helicopters do not have an unlimited aviation resource. When a helicopter does 200 hours, we have to stop it for technological service. The technical staff to check the helicopter, to sign all documents that it is airworthy to fly again. This takes time“, explained the minister.
Minister Zapryanov took part in the parliamentary Defense Committee, where ratification of the International Agreement (LOA) BU-B-UCR “Acquisition of ammunition for “Stryker”, introduced by the Council of Ministers on July 26, 2024, was approved.