Hitrino train derailment | |
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Details | |
Date | 10 December 2016 05:37 EET (03:37 UTC) |
Location | Hitrino, Shumen Province |
Country | Bulgaria |
Line | Varna-Ruse line |
Operator | Bulmarket |
Incident type | Train Derailment |
Cause | Under investigation |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 (2 locomotives, 26 tank cars) |
Crew | 3 |
Deaths | 7[1] |
Injured | 29 |
Damage | ~ 20 houses destroyed, ~ 3 000 windows destroyed |
On 10 December 2016, a freight train derailed, exploded and caught fire in the village of Hitrino in Shumen Province, Bulgaria, killing at least seven people and injuring 29 others.