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4 killed in Bulgarian explosion following train derailment
Containers were carrying liquefied petroleum gas
10 December, 09:54
(ANSA-AP) - SOFIA - Firefighters in Bulgaria say at least
four people were killed and 23 injured when a train derailed
and containers of gas exploded.
Nikolay Nikolov, who heads the country's firefighting department, said at least 20 buildings in the village of Hitrino in northeastern Bulgaria were destroyed in the blast early Saturday as containers carrying liquefied petroleum gas exploded.
Nikolov says the immediate surroundings of the site have been evacuated, and that the cause of the disaster was unclear.
(ANSA-AP).
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Nikolay Nikolov, who heads the country's firefighting department, said at least 20 buildings in the village of Hitrino in northeastern Bulgaria were destroyed in the blast early Saturday as containers carrying liquefied petroleum gas exploded.
Nikolov says the immediate surroundings of the site have been evacuated, and that the cause of the disaster was unclear.
(ANSA-AP).
