One dead in Bulgaria firework factory explosion

26/7/2024 16:55

        One person was killed and another seriously injured when a blaze at a firework factory in Bulgaria set off a series of dramatic explosions late on Thursday, local officials and medical staff said.
        
        The blasts began at around 6.30 p.m. in the town of Elin Pelin near the capital Sofia, sending mushroom clouds high into the evening sky, some flecked with the reds and whites of exploding fireworks.
        
        Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov said on Thursday evening that a 49-year old man died of injuries sustained in the fire while his 20-year daughter is in critical condition in hospital.
        
        Two men, a 22 year-old son of the warehouse owner and a 60-year-old employee, are believed to have been in the warehouse and remain unaccounted for, he said.