At least five people have been killed and 25 injured after a cargo train derailed and exploded in Bulgaria.
The train was transporting gas through the northeastern village of Hitrino, around 60 miles from Bulgaria’s main port of Varna on the Black Sea, when it derailed at around about 5:37am.
‘Five victims have been confirmed dead so far and 27 injured,’ the interior ministry said in a statement.
Hitrino mayor Nuridin Basri told reporters children had been buried under the rubble of a house that collapsed.
He said several people suffered more than 90% burns and that damage from the blast was extensive.
Poilce, investigating the incident which happened at 5.40am local time, have questioned the train driver.
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‘There is devastation in the area around the blast site. Twelve people have been rescued from under the ruins alive so far and firefighters are checking for more,’
‘There will be more than five victims. There are several injured with 90 percent burns,’ Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after arriving at the site. He appealed for blood donations for the hospitals treating the injuries.
