Police Presence Remains Strong in Blast Shaken Chelopechene

Society | July 5, 2008, Saturday // 00:00
Police Presence Remains Strong in Blast Shaken Chelopechene: Police Presence Remains Strong in Blast Shaken Chelopechene Police presence remains strong in Sofia's district of Chelopechene where a military facility exploded on Thursday. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

Police presence remains strong in Sofia's district of Chelopechene where a military facility exploded on Thursday.

Authorities say that if citizens in the area happen to find shrapnels or bombs that did not explode, they should immediately go to the nearest police patrol.

Police advise citizens not to touch any fragments and debris thrown out by the explosion.

Thursday morning the Bulgarian capital was shaken by powerful gunpowder explosions, which were heard and felt in the whole city after the Chelopechene military facility, where tons of ammo and TNT were stored, was engulfed by flames.

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