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Bulgarian Interior Min Orders Probes into Gas Cistern Incident

Crime | August 15, 2013, Thursday // 12:00

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Bulgaria: Bulgarian Interior Min Orders Probes into Gas Cistern Incident

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev has ordered two probes into the fire and explosions that occurred in a train composition of propan butan-filled gas cisterns near Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna on Wednesday.

The probes will be carried out by the Inspectorate at the Interior Ministry and the Economic Police.

A total of 12 people, including seven firefighters, were injured in Wednesday's incident. Eleven remain in hospital, with one of them in critical condition.

The fire erupted at around 4 pm EET on Wednesday, followed by two explosions.

Firefighters extinguished the fire at approximately 11:30 pm Wednesday. The incident has posed no danger for the environment, according to Bulgaria's Environment Ministry.

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