Several minutes before 7 a.m. the Bulgarian capital Sofia was shaken by powerful gunpowder explosions, which were heard in the whole city. The explosions came from a military storage facility located in the northeast Sofia quarter Chelopechene , Kremik...

There were about 2,500 t of old classical ammunition and 15 t of trotyl in the military establishment in Sofia's residential district of Chelopechane at the time of the blast, general Nikola Kolev, head of the President's cabinet, told journalists.

The airport in the second largest Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is ready to accommodate all planes unable to land in Sofia as the Sofia Airport had been closed since 6:50 am because of the explosions at the military munitions storehouse

Representatives of the MOBA Ltd firm, which is in charge of guarding the munitions storage facilities in Sofia`s Chelopechene Quarter , have declined to comment on the causes of the massive explosions, which shook the Bulgarian capital Thursday morning, ...

About 1,700 people have been transported away from the residential areas near Chelopechene , as announced by the minister of Emergency Situations Emel Etem. Etem appealed to the mayor of Sofia Boyko Borisov and the District Mayors to do everything

A 3.2-strong earthquake was registered about 10 kilometers away of Bulgaria`s capital city of Sofia as at the same time It is being rocked by powerful explosions in military storehouses, which started in the early hours of Thursday. The data