Experts Enter Blasts Hit Chelopechene Area after Soil Cooling

Society | July 6, 2008, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgarian authorities announced they are to cool the surface soil layer in the area of the military storehouses on fire in Chelopechene to allow sappers, military police officers, prosecutors and chemists enter it on Monday.

The announcement was made Sunday by the Defense Ministry.

The situation in the district is getting normal three days after the military facilities were engulfed by flames.

There is no danger for the people, living in the region, authorities assured although the police presence is still strong.

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, burst into flames early on Thursday.

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