Off the wire
• Chapeceonse name Vagner Mancini as coach  • Death toll from Ecuador road accident climbs to 14  • Body of missing Chinese art student found near train tracks in Rome  • "Premature" to talk about renegotiation of public debt: Portuguese president  • Croatia, European Commission to discuss privatizing oil firm: PM  • About 535 million children world-wide live in conflict or disaster-stricken countries: UNICEF  • Urgent: Ghana's opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins presidential election  • Malta's gaming industry employment up 31 pct in H1  • Southwest Haiti faces risk of food insecurity, UN relief wing says  • Zambia parliament under fire for allocating funds to first lady's office  
You are here: 　 Home

Bulgaria declares national mourning over train explosion

Xinhua, December 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Bulgarian government on Sunday declared national mourning on Monday for victims of Saturday's train explosion that killed at least seven people and injured 29 others.

The national flag will fly at half mast over all government buildings, the cabinet said on its website.

Meanwhile, the situation in the northeast Bulgarian of village of Hitrino where the train carrying gas derailed and exploded remains very serious, the Ministry of Interior said Sunday.

The authorities have evacuated all residents of the village, and a state of emergency has been declared there.

An investigation into the cause of the incident is under way. Endit