A gunpowder charge that may have been ignited by an external factor is currently considered the possible cause of the explosions that destroyed an ammunition warehouse at the EMCO plant near the village of Belitsa in the Tryavna area, according to plant director Slavcho Demiev. Demiev said the assessment was based on initial accounts from workers at the site.

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…