Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria
A fire broke out after an explosion occurred at a weapons storage facility in Bulgaria overnight, the second at a munitions site in the past few weeks
A fire broke out at a weapons storage facility in central Bulgaria overnight, spreading rapidly across the site according to local officials. The incident occurred near the village of Tsareva Livada and was visible from the night sky, as shown in local news footage. Regional governor Kristina Sidorova confirmed the fire's location on the base's territory, spreading from one warehouse to another.
EMCO, the company operating the site, reported the blaze to local media, noting its previous explosion at a different facility last month. EMCO's owner, arms trader Emilian Gebrev, is under investigation by Bulgarian prosecutors for potential ties to attacks on his facilities by Russian operatives. In 2024, Bulgaria issued an arrest warrant for six Russian nationals suspected of involvement in the destruction of EMCO's arms depots that stored munitions for export to Ukraine and Georgia from 2011 to 2020.
The prosecutors linked these blasts to a 2015 attempt on Gebrev's life and explosions at munitions depots in the Czech Republic in 2014.
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