At the US missile engine production factory there was an explosion: Details

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/5D/B8/IB-FRQF649U5_A8298670.jpg" Alt = "at the missile engine production factory in the United States: Details"/> ~ < P > A powerful explosion occurred at Northrop Grumman, which produces rocket engines for spacecraft. Workers have managed to escape, writes kmyu.

< p > The deputy Sheriff of Box-Elder District Kit Palmer said that an explosion at an object located in a place known as “rocket ranch”, shook around 7:38 am on April 16. At the time of the incident, there were three employees in the building who had time to leave the premises to the explosion. Only one of them got mild injuries.

< p >The video from the scene, removed with a drone, showed that one of the buildings on the territory of the enterprise was destroyed. In the photos shown by law enforcement officers, the fragments of metal, which were previously a frame of the building, walls and roof.

< p > official persons did not declare any pollutants in the smoke that got into the air. So, probably the incident building was not the place where the company mixes chemicals for the production of solid fuel missile accelerators for the country's space programs.

~ < P > Northrop Grumman at UTT produces and tested missile engines for spacecraft and missiles, but official representatives stressed that the explosion was not related to the planned tests. < p > One of the local residents Johni Pakarda noted that the company usually holds residents “in the course” and reports when the large -scale tests are conducted.

~ < p > Other neighbor of the enterprise – Angie Nelson – said she felt an explosive wave in her home during the incident.

< P >< Em > “We met with my daughter to school when we heard a loud roar and felt a little tremorable. We ran through the front door to see what happened. It was a feeling that it had been cut into a few sections. Stuff, and then everything stopped quickly “, & nbsp;- she told.