“There are gas leaks from two additional tanks, we are closely monitoring the situation on site,” said outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova at a briefing after a meeting of the crisis headquarters in Hitrino. “The situation has become more..
A mobile group of psychologists from the Ministry of Education is ready to help children and students from Hitrino, the ministry press centre has announced. As soon as is possible, ministry officials will inspect the damage to the school and the..
“The buildings damaged have been inspected, we know where each of the registered inhabitants of Hitrino is, there is no one missing,” said the mayor of Hitrino Nuridin Ismail Basri. “More than 90 percent of the buildings have broken windows...
Police and gendarmerie teams are guarding the homes and property of the people in Hitrino against possible looting . According to the Interior Ministry press centre, the freight train tanks will be opened today, but this is a dangerous and..
As of today the victims of the freight train disaster in Hitrino will be able to receive the lump-sum of 325 Leva in relief aid, said Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Policy Ivaylo Ivanov. The people from Hitrino village will also receive..
“No more casualties have been found in Hitrino after this morning’s freight train explosion,” outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced after a meeting of the crisis headquarters. He added that he had forbidden the issuing of any information..
The situation in the village of Hitrino, where on Saturday at least seven people died and dozens were wounded in an explosion of a cargo train carrying cisterns with propane gas, has been put under control. More than half of the population of Hitrino..
29 people were injured in Saturday’s cargo train explosion in the village of Hitrino, Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Health Petre Moscov announced. Sixteen of them were hospitalized. Nine were transported to the nearby hospital in Shumen and the..
Bulgaria’s outgoing cabinet is about to declare a Day of National Mourning on Monday, December 12. Bulgaria’s outgoing Premier Boyko Borissov has triggered the National Emergency Plan. The crisis headquarters is headed by Premier Borissov. It also..
We haven’t found the reasons for today’s heavy explosion near Hitrino train station, Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Transport Ivaylo Moscovski told the Bulgarian National Radio. According to eyewitnesses, sparks came out of the cargo train upon..
