{"id":93497,"date":"2016-12-10T10:53:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T15:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=93497"},"modified":"2016-12-10T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T15:53:37","slug":"five-killed-train-derails-explodes-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/five-killed-train-derails-explodes-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Five killed as train derails and explodes in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least five people have been killed and 25 injured after a cargo train derailed and exploded in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
‘Five victims have been confirmed dead so far and 27 injured,’ the interior ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Hitrino mayor Nuridin Basri told reporters children had been buried under the rubble of a house that collapsed.<\/p>\n
He said several people suffered more than 90%\u00a0burns and that damage from the blast was extensive.<\/p>\n
Poilce, investigating the incident which happened at 5.40am local time, have questioned the train driver.<\/p>\n
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