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Day: December 10, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Hitrino gas train explosion: Death toll rises to seven, day of national mourning declared

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of dead following the gas transport train explosion in the north-eastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino has increased to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Hitrino explosion: Complete evacuation of village ordered over risky gas transfer operation

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A complete evacuation has been ordered of the north-eastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino, site of a fatal explosion on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Hitrino train gas explosion: ‘Everything around the perimeter of the blast destroyed’

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The death toll from Bulgaria’s Hitrino gas tank transporter train explosion stood at five, with 29 injured, the country’s interior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Transport Minister on Hitrino train explosion: Sparks were seen coming from locomotive

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivailo Moskovski said that ahead of the gas transport train explosion at Hitrino railway station that left

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Bulgaria 

Company owner: Cause of gas train explosion in Bulgaria’s Hitrino village not clear

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

It is not clear how the tanker in the middle of the train exploded, the owner of the Bulmarket company

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: Death toll from Hitrino gas train explosion expected to rise

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

The death toll from the massive explosion when a train transporting gas derailed near the village of Hitrino is expected

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Hitrino village devastation from gas train explosion: photos

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

At least five people are dead and more than 20 people are in hospital with severe burns and fractures, while

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Bulgaria 

Five dead, 20 injured in blast as goods train transporting gas derails near Bulgarian village

December 10, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Five people died and at least 20 were injured, some critically, when a goods train transporting LPG gas derailed near

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