The explosion at a chemical weapons laboratory (officially "military facility") near Beyond Micom was caused by sabotage, perhaps by an enemy power according to the Clone Defence Forces. The fire at the facility is now being damped down though toxic substances have been dispersed over a wide area. Casualties are not known though is said to include at least a dozen at the facility itself. Luckily the prevailing winds sent the plume over a scarcely populated area which was quickly evacuated.
Specialist NBC troops from the Clone Army have arrived and are conducting both a de-contamination as well as an investigation into the cause of the explosion. One source says an eye witness saw two figures, who did not look like Clones, in the area just before the explosion. However, as 40% of the population of Micom province is human that does not necessarily mean anything significant.
