Ovostar Union PCL (WSE: OVO) (hereinafter, the “Group”), a vertically integrated holding company, one of the leading egg and egg products producers in Ukraine, informs that on August, 07 fire broke in one of the detached poultry houses at the production site in Vasylkiv, Kyiv region. There are no casualties or injured.
At the moment the fire started there were no hens in the poultry house, the electricity was cut off, because starting from August 05 the premises have been in the process of washing.
The scope of material damage will be estimated and subsequently reported later. Neither production infrastructure nor the flock suffered. The poultry farm keeps operating in its normal mode.
In order to investigate the cause and circumstances of the incident the Company turned to the experts of the State Emergency Service and to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.