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A pipe with radium particles, emanating radiation 200 times above the safety level, has been found near an apartment building in Sofia's Buhovo suburb.
The radioactive ampoule was located 50 cm below ground and is already removed and dismantled, while the authorities are investigating how the small metal pipe ended in a populated residential area very close to a playground.
The radiation was discovered accidently by the ecologist of the nearby steel mill "Kremikovtsi', who had the habit to always carry a radiation meter.
The ecologist had been taking a walk in the area when the tool alarmed him something was terribly wrong. The radiation has been so high that the startled man immediately notified the authorities, who showed quick reaction and sealed off the area.
According to Marina Nizamska, employee of the Bulgarian Agency for Nuclear Regulation, the pipe most likely has been there since the time when uranium was extracted in the area. The mine was closed 15 years ago, meaning the radiation had been around the unsuspecting Buhovo residents for all these years.
Due to heavy snowfall, the Trakia highway has been closed from Karnobat to Burgas
A hurricane-force wind is blowing over the Shipka Pass, creating severe snowdrifts and reducing visibility to zero on the Kran-Shipka road
On February 19, temperatures across Bulgaria will range from minus 8°C to 3°C
An orange code has been issued for heavy snowfall in the regions of Razgrad, Silistra, Dobrich, Shumen, and Targovishte, with some areas expected to accumulate up to 25 centimeters of snow
Snowfall across the country will gradually subside, with cloud cover beginning to break.
Cold weather and snow are expected to hit Bulgaria later this week
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