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Blasts kill 15 people at Bulgaria explosives plant


    SOFIA (Reuters) - A series of powerful blasts at a depot at a Bulgarian explosives plant killed fifteen people and injured three others on Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday.

    The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims of the accident, amid rising public concern over a failure to impose strict controls and safe work conditions at ammunition depots across the Balkan country.

    (Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; editing by Matthias Williams)