A large fire has erupted overnight at the plant for alkaline paints and resins "Orgahim" in Bulgaria's Danube city of Ruse.

The Ruse Mayor, Plamen Stoilov, reported early Thursday morning that the fire has been tamed. Three workers have inhaled harmful gases – they were sent to the local hospital and later released.

The crisis headquarters of the City Hall further inform that there is no danger for residents and visitors of the city. The Regional Governor of Ruse, Stefko Burdzhiev, told the TV channel bTV that precisely because of the fact that there was no immediate threat for the population, the blaze had not been officially reported via the alarm system.

In addition to thick smoke and the blaze, several secondary explosions have occurred along with a partial gassing of Ruse.

Robots would be used to check the site of repeated explosions at a former military ammunition warehouse at Lovnidol near Sevlievo in northern Bulgaria, where the latest in a series of blasts was reported on the morning of November 14 2011.
 
Explosions at the ammo dump site began on November 12, and for some time there were reports of explosions every 15 minutes. The site was cordoned off but authorities said that there was no danger to the public of chemical or radioactive contamination.
 
The company that has owned the premises since 2008, Emco, was expected to deploy a robot to inspect the site, Bulgarian National Television said.

Veliko Tarnovo. A poisonous cloud has floated over the northern town of Debelets following a crash with a tanker truck loaded with a chemical. The cloud has already passed by and the content of the substance in the air has started to go down, Yordan Yordanov, chief of Veliko Tarnovo District Service for Fire Safety and Civil Protection, told FOCUS News Agency.
According to him the vehicle was loaded with styrene. The substance irritates eyes and respiratory system and is highly explosive.
350 residents of the town of Debelets, including 51 children from a children’s home in the town, were evacuated at about 4:30 a.m. on Monday.
According to Yordanov the residents of Debelets are out of danger.