Firefighters work at the site where a freight train transporting highly-flammable gas derailed and exploded in the northeastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino on December 10. – AFP/VNA Photo |
HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc today sent a message of condolences to his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov over a recent serious gas explosion on a derailed tanker.
The explosion occurred in Hitrino village, Schumen province in northeastern Bulgaria at 5:40 am last Saturday (local time).
Five people were killed and at least 20 buildings were destroyed after the incident. – VNS