In one of the warehouses near Elin Pelin there were pyrotechnics with about 2 tons of TNT equivalent. We have no data on the quantity of the fireworks themselves as a finished product. This is what the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dimitar Kangaljiev, said.
We know that the warehouse was quite technologically equipped and was well stocked, he added.
"One of the victims has 85% burns, the other has 35%. We were prepared and sent them to the Military Hospital and to "Pirogov". There are more people inside, but the owner of the company and representatives of the company do not know how many there are. It's between two and three," declared acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev.
"At the moment we witnessed a rather serious explosion. I can't tell you what the safe perimeter is because we don't know how many pyrotechnics are inside. I expect there will be more explosions," stressed Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov.
He explained that despite the evacuation warnings from BG Alert, many people do not leave their houses and do not evacuate, therefore police teams have to forcibly remove them from their homes, notes BNT.
The military is preparing a module from the chemical division in Mosachevo, which is very close to the fire and specializes in extinguishing this type of outbreak, BTV reported.
Help was also requested from the military to provide the so-called “cats“ to enter the burning warehouses.
10 water tankers were also sent to the scene of the fire to assist the firefighters in putting it out.
„We have information that in one of the warehouses there are about two tons of TNT equivalent. There is no data on the ready quantity of fireworks, explained the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Commissioner Dimitar Kangaljiev.
A partial disaster has been declared.