The Gabrovo District Prosecutor's Office is investigating whether an ignition source was deliberately or carelessly introduced at the EMCO weapons plant near Tryavna, as part of an inquiry into the explosions that destroyed a warehouse in the village of Belitsa. Gabrovo District Prosecutor Tihomir Petkov said the prosecutor's office is supervising the pre-trial proceedings, which were launched through urgent investigative measures, including the questioning of witnesses by an investigating police officer.

There is currently no evidence that an external factor caused the fire and explosions at an EMCO military plant in the village of Belitsa, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said.…

On the morning of Aug. 10, a fire followed by explosions broke out at an ammunition production and storage facility near the central Bulgarian village of…