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| 4 people killed as cargo train derails, explodes in northeastern Bulgaria – police | 4 people killed as cargo train derails, explodes in northeastern Bulgaria – police |
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| Four people have been killed and over 20 were wounded as a cargo train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded in northeastern Bulgaria, local police report. | Four people have been killed and over 20 were wounded as a cargo train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded in northeastern Bulgaria, local police report. |
| The train going through the Shumen province in the country’s northeast carried 26 tanks of propane-butane. They exploded after the derailment, destroying a few buildings, and claiming a few lives, too. | |
| “At least four people died and over 20 were injured,” local fire department chief Nikolai Nikolov said, as cited by Bulgarian BTV. | |
| “The explosion has also caused a fire. We do not expect a second blast, but the people from the village are being evacuated,” Nikolov added, as cited by Reuters. | |
| Twelve people were removed from under the rubble, with medics and firefighters still working at the scene. | |
| The head of the local hospital, Atanas Atanasov, said that 23 people with injuries and burns were sent to them, as cited by TASS news agency. |