July 3 (SeeNews) - Blasts at an ammunition utilisation depot rocked the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The depot, located near Chelopech some 10 kilometres north of Sofia, was housing artillery shells slated for decomissioning, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Zlatan Stoikov told state-run radio broadcaster BNR.
"Today, July 3, four ammunition utilisation warehouses exploded. The guards at the site were withdrawn immediately and the area was sealed off," the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
"There is no danger of air pollutioning by warfare gases," the statement added.
"We take measures to evacuate the people around, as blasts can continue," Stoikov said.
"No people were injured", Defence Minister Nikolay Tsonev said.
It was not immediately clear what has caused the blasts that occurred shortly after 6:30 a.m. (0330 GMT).