The Bulgarian vessel "Han Asparouh" of the Navigation Maritime Bulgarian fleet caught fire on leaving Port Novorossiisk in the morning of October 27. Six persons got injured in the incident. Later on it was specified that the fires on "Han Asparouh" were two, one provoking the other. The seamen extinguisahed the fires, using whatever they could find.. When the Russian services got on board the ship, the fire was extinguished. A team of the Bulgarian Transport and Communication Ministry's inspectors are leaving for the site of the incident on October 27 to find out what caused the fires.