"Yesterday’s explosion in Hitrino has claimed an 8 th life," announced outgoing PM Boyko Borissov who is taking part in the crisis centre organized in the village. The body of an 18-year old boy from the nearby village of Timarevo was found..
“The investigation is only just beginning, evidence is being collected. Eight of our top investigators are there, on the spot,” said Evgeni Dikov , deputy prosecutor general and director of the National Investigative service for the Bulgarian..
A state of emergency has been declared in Hitrino by order of Shoumen regional governor Donka Ivanova and will remain in place until the tank disposal operation is over, as announced by Milka Pavlova, spokesperson for the regional administration after a..
“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..
