Explosion at major BAE Systems weapons factory at Glascoed (Wales)

Wales Online ^ | 4-17-24 | Branwen Jones

[dynachrome]

A full investigation has been launched after an explosion at an arms manufacturing plant in Monmouthshire. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they have been dealing with an incident at the premises of BAE Systems Glascoed in the Usk area of the county.

The emergency service said they were called to the scene at around 10.49am on Wednesday morning, April 17, after an explosion occurred within a building. They said that they had set up an incident control post to deal with the incident.

In a statement shared on X, the emergency service said: "At 10.49am on Wednesday 17th April, an incident occurred at the premises of BAE Systems Glascoed when an explosion occurred within a building. All Emergency Services are at the scene and an Incident Control Post has been set up to deal with the incident."

[dynachrome]

Hmmmm.

[xoxox]

Exploding Wales!

[DesertRhino]

Too bad... it happens.

[Dutch Boy]

Way too many of these to be a coincidence. They all should be investigated as a terrorist act.

[PGR88]

[Carriage Hill]

I’ll bet that was “fragrant”...

[pierrem15]

Small arms ammo manufacturing.

[JonPreston]

It’s not Unusual

[BobL]

I’m thinking maybe a bit of ‘asymmetric warfare’, otherwise perfected by the Ukrainians.

[Navy Patriot]

Hummm, I'm sure it's a coincidence that the abbreviation for United Kingdom is the first two letters in Ukraine...

where there are no coincidences.

[xoxox]

ick. kinda sorry I mentioned it.

[VTenigma]

Well, you’ll get that.