Pancevo

In spite of signals that bombardment will stop, in first hours of 06-08-1999 oil refinery in Pancevo was once more on the NATO forces aim. Many citizens of Pancevo, and nearby suburbs, were forced to leave town, because of ecological catastrophe.

Results of NATO 06-01-1999 attack on Jugopetrol fuel depots in Pancevo.

Man sitting in his house, badly damaged in NATO attack on 06-01-1999.

Results of the NATO attack on Starcevo, small village in vicinity of Pancevo.

In early Saturday's (05-01-1999) NATO attack on Pancevo, around 2 a.m. few explosions could be heard in the wider city center. Independent Radio Pancevo reported a missile exploded in the park in Paje Marganovica street, between the headquatters of Pancevo Police Department and the City Hospital. Windows were broken on the Hospital and surrounding appartment buildings. Fortunately no civilians have been hurt.

There have been many casualties in everyday NATO attacks on Pancevo (industrial centre near Beograd). Two civilians died in the attack on the oil refinery in Pancevo.

Again, NATO attacks the Pancevo industrial zone - a chemical plant, an oil rafinery and a petrochemical plant. All of these plants produce highly flammable and poisonous chemicals. Many families abandoned their homes in the industrial zone as well as Pancevo itself. 10,000 people wandered throughout southern Vojvodina for two nights trying to evade the poisonous fumes. Organized evacuation of the residential area in its vicinity has begun. The cloud of smoke was 2 km/1.2 miles high and 60km/36 miles long and it was spreading towards the border with Romania. The flames that the firemen put out during the day started again the same night with after a new NATO attack.

A chemical plant, that produces fertilizers, was hit inside the Pancevo industrial zone. Seven workers were injured during the attack. A whole residential quarter near the factory was evacuated due to danger of intoxication bz poisonous gases released because of the damage inflicted to the building and the fire that consequently broke out. This is another case of NATO being directly responsible for migration of the population.

NATO forces hit the power plant in the Pancevo petroleum refinery complex, which supplied the refinery with electricity and gas. The refinery was under attack on several more occasions. A huge amount of toxic material was spilled into the Danube.

In the first four days, NATO forces completely demolished the only factory of sports and agricultural planes in Yugoslavia. The Utva factory, situated in Pancevo, was hit by 24 missiles, 6 of which were tomahawks.