From what has been established so far, we can say that there is no evidence of an explosion or ignition of any production, this is an incident in which a mechanical failure of a machine centrifuge occurred, in which part of it separated and hit a worker standing nearby. This was announced to journalists in Stara Zagora by the Deputy District Prosecutor of Stara Zagora Georgi Nikolov regarding yesterday's incident at "Arsenal" AD in Kazanlak, in which a man died. Immediately after receiving the signal, a team from the Stara Zagora District Investigation Service was sent to the scene, an inspection was carried out, and witnesses were questioned.
A total of three people were in the workshop of the "Arsenal" weapons factory, where a worker died, he also indicated.
Pre-trial proceedings have been initiated for a crime under Article 123 of the Criminal Code - causing death by negligence when carrying out an activity with a source of increased danger. Investigative actions are actively continuing, an additional inspection of the site will be carried out today and the relevant expert assessments will be ordered, Nikolov said. All necessary actions will be taken to establish the causes of the incident.
He indicated that all documentation for the relevant machine is about to be seized and experts will establish the cause.
The incident occurred in Factory 3 of "Arsenal" AD in Kazanlak, with the signal received at 17:44, being for a production accident, said the director of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, Senior Commissioner Krasimir Hristov. Police teams were immediately sent to the scene to secure the scene, awaiting the inspection by an operational-investigation group led by an investigator.