Four people are dead and more than 20 injured after a cargo train carrying propane-butane derailed and then exploded early Saturday in northeast Bulgaria, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
Emergency teams have rescued 12 people from the rubble of buildings that were damaged in the blast in the village of Hitrino, a ministry statement said.
Residents living in the surrounding area are being evacuated.
Emergency teams are surveying the area. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the derailment.