A big fire broke out in the SHP Celex paper factory in Banja Luka on Thursday afternoon.

According to N1’s reporters, the factory, which employs over 300 people and is the largest paper factory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was completely destroyed.

Aerial photos clearly show the scale of the fire.

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SHP Celex was founded in 1966 as the most modern paper factory in the former Yugoslavia. It was privatized in 2001 by SHP Group from Slovakia, the largest paper group in Southeast Europe.

According to the preliminary information from the field, all workers were evacuated.