Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria
No injuries were reported as investigators examined whether the second blaze at an EMCO site in a month was sabotage.
- An explosion ignited a fire at an EMCO ammunition storage site in central Bulgaria overnight Saturday, with the blaze spreading between warehouses near Tsareva Livada.
- This incident marks the second blaze at a facility run by EMCO in just over a month, following an August 10 explosion near Belitsa, outside Tryavna.
- Gabrovo regional governor Kristina Sidorova told journalists the fire "is on the territory of the storage base," with authorities reporting no injuries despite the ammunition and gunpowder stored at the site.
- Military teams completed cleanup from the August 10 incident on September 8, recovering 60 unexploded munitions and about two tons of metal debris, though officials have not yet determined the current fire's cause.
- Bulgarian prosecutors previously alleged Russian operatives targeted facilities run by arms trader Emilian Gebrev, though Moscow has dismissed these allegations and Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev found no evidence of foreign interference.
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Bulgarian authorities are investigating a fire at an ammunition storage facility run by arms manufacturer EMCO. Police said the fire broke out on Friday evening and follows a similar incident at another EMCO facility in August, foreign media reported, Telegrafi reported. EMCO ammunition is used in Ukraine and the possibility of sabotage has not been ruled out; video footage of the fire, broadcast locally, showed flames lighting up the night sky …
Bulgaria probes explosion at weapon storage site
Bulgaria is investigating the cause of a fire at a weapons storage facility operated by EMCO, including the possibility of sabotage and a link to a previous blaze at another of the company’s facilities in August, the interior minister said. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada and lit up the night sky, according to videos broadcast locally. The incident came weeks after an explosion and fire …
Bulgarian authorities have launched an investigation into an overnight explosion at a weapons depot in central Bulgaria. Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzijev told reporters today that there were no injuries in the fire near the village of Tsareva Livada, that the fire was brought under control and that the investigation is ongoing.
A powerful explosion rocked a Bulgarian ammunition warehouse belonging to arms manufacturer EMCO, which supplies ammunition to Ukraine, overnight, Bulgarian police said. The incident came just weeks after a fire at another ammunition warehouse owned by the same company. Authorities are not ruling out sabotage.
A few weeks ago, a fire broke out at another plant of the same arms manufacturing company.
Bulgaria probes EMCO blast after second weapons depot fire in weeks
An overnight explosion and fire at an EMCO weapons storage site in central Bulgaria is under investigation. The incident has intensified scrutiny of safety lapses, security failures and possible wider risks.
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