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INTERNATIONAL - Seven people were killed in a village in northeastern Bulgaria as a result of gas-carrying train derailed and exploded. About 50 homes and other buildings were destroyed.
A local official said on Saturday (10/12/2016), reported that dozens of people were also injured and at least five victims were in critical condition in hospital.
The Bulgarian government said it would announce the day of national mourning on Monday (12/12/2016), following the fatal incident, according to Reuters.
Twelve tanks of private trains, which carry propylene, LPG volatile and flammable, derailed in the village railway station.
Police said one of the tanks hit the electric pole tengangan high, then exploded and caught fire on Saturday morning.
The powerful explosion burned sold dozens of houses and other public buildings. Many people buried behind teruntuhan.
Officials ordered propylenetersebut vacate settlements that could be removed safely.
Specialist officers to deal with the incident during an operation to remove the gas from the tank wagon at the center of the blast.
"Enterprises for emptying the tanks is a very complex process and slow," said Prime Minister Boiko Borisov few hours after arriving in the village, located 380 km northeast of Sofia. The capital of Romania.
Settlements where there was an explosion of propylene was inhabited by about 1,000 people, according to a police official. "This must be done very carefully."
According to the officer, operating trains tergelinci emptying tanks was expected to be completed within one or two days ..
"Two explosions have caused a serious fire and damaged at least 20 buildings. There are many injured people, mainly burns," said Head of the Secretariat of the Interior Ministry Georgi Kostov.
A man of 18 years had died of his wounds in a hospital in the town of Shumen, said a hospital official.
About 200 firefighters to extinguish the fire and cool the tanks to prevent further explosions.
Search and rescue teams, including sniffer dogs, search for victims in a house near the railway line.
"I helped pull six people from under the rubble. Three people are dead, three are still alive," said Stefan Stefanov, who lived in Hitrino.
Prosecutors say they are investigating the incident. Officers are still investigating the cause of the incident is heartbreaking, said Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission, Nastimir Ananiev.
