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Fire at Metis secondary-raw-materials warehouse in Kukuljanovo industrial zone near Rijeka

started September 24, 2026 at 6:38 AM · last changed 17h ago

Summary

A fire broke out overnight on 24 September 2026 at the Metis secondary-raw-materials warehouse in the Kukuljanovo industrial zone near Rijeka, covering about a thousand square metres, with firefighters saying the open flame was put out by 4:46 while mop-up continued. Residents of Bakar, Čavle, Kostrena, Sveti Kuzam and Draga were urgently warned via the SRUUK system to close windows and avoid the outdoors, while MP Nikola Grmoja called on the government to inspect companies linked to owner Petar Pripuz.

This summary was written by a language model from the 19 sources listed below.

Extract from the source

U industrijskoj zoni Kukuljanovo u četvrtak, 24. rujna 2026. godine, u ranim jutarnjim satima izbio je požar sekundarnih sirovina. Zbog intenzivnog širenja dima, Županijski centar

Main source

06:36 AMIndex.hrOpen the original ↗

Locations

Map of the Western Balkans with the municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Administrative boundaries, not incident extent

  • Municipality: Bakar

  • Municipality: Grad Rijeka

Places mentioned in the report

Kraljevica, Gospić, Hrvatska, Drava, Osijek, Crikvenica and Zagreb appear in the recognised places list but are not linked to this fire by the reports; Zagreb is noted because it hosts the parliament where MP Grmoja held his press conference. Martinšćica is the air-quality monitoring station, while Primorsko-goranska County and Rijeka are the wider administrative areas containing Kukuljanovo.

  • where it happenedKukuljanovo - industrial zone where the fire broke out
  • also affectedRijeka - city near which the industrial zone is located

Timeline

  1. U industrijskoj zoni Kukuljanovo kod Rijeke u ranim jutarnjim satima 24. septembra 2026. izbio je požar sekundarnih sirovina, prema navodima Index.hr riječ je o požaru otpada u tvrtki Metis. Zbog širenja dima Županijski centar 112 Rijeka poslao je hitno upozorenje stanovnicima Bakra, Čavli, Kostrene, Svetog Kuzma i Drage, a prema Index.hr upozorenje su primili i stanovnici Kraljevice i dijela crikveničkog područja, s pozivom da zatvore prozore i izbjegavaju boravak na otvorenom.

    Start

  2. New reports add data on elevated PM10 particle levels (100.8 µg/m³ at Martinšćica), a public health institute recommendation for shortened school hours in Kostrena and Bakar, the Bakar mayor's statement that open flames are out but smoke persists, and details of 17 Rijeka firefighters with five vehicles at the scene.

    Kukuljanovo · 4 sources

  3. New reports specify that the open flame was extinguished at 4:46, that 19 firefighters with seven vehicles took part, and that the affected warehouse area was about a thousand square metres. They also add that MP Nikola Grmoja called on the government to inspect companies linked to Petar Pripuz, owner of the CIOS group to which Metis belongs.

    Kukuljanovo · 3 sources

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Sources (19)

19 reports · 8 sources

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Severity
Severity70

Total — band critical (70–100)

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