Bulgaria investigates fire at weapons site that owner calls sabotage
Bulgarian authorities are investigating an overnight fire at a private ammunition storage facility that the owner claims was an act of sabotage. The incident occurred at an EMCO site near Gorni Varpishta, which the company stated had been unused for months and recently passed safety inspections. This event follows a broader pattern of suspicious fires at defense facilities across Europe, with Russia frequently suspected of being behind such attacks.
- ▪Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev stated that authorities are not ruling out outside interference in the fire at the EMCO ammunition site.
- ▪EMCO, a private defense company supplying weapons to Ukraine, asserted that the fire was sabotage and ruled out human error.
- ▪The company noted that the affected storage facility had not been used for months and was inspected for regulatory compliance just 20 days prior to the incident.
- ▪EMCO's owner, Emilian Gebrev, has previously been targeted by alleged Russian agents, including a poisoning attempt in 2015.
- ▪Recent reports indicate an escalation of sabotage campaigns across Europe, including a drone attack in Germany and fires in other countries, with Russia as the primary suspect.
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Bulgaria investigates fire at weapons site that owner calls sabotageImage source, ReutersImage caption, Fire and smoke rise at EMCO's ammunition storage facility near Gorni Varpishta in central BulgariaByJaroslav LukivPublished5 minutes agoBulgaria is investigating the cause of an overnight fire at an ammunition storage site run by a private defence company.Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said the authorities "are not ruling out outside interference" in the incident in central Bulgaria. No-one was injured in the blaze that triggered a series of explosions.EMCO company, whose weapons are used by Ukraine against invading Russian forces, said the fire at its site was sabotage and that human error was "completely ruled out".
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