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Firefighters battle fire at chemical plant in Svishtov for past 24 hours

Photo: www.svilosa.bg

Dozens of firefighters have been making efforts to extinguish the fire which broke out on Monday morning in a timber storage facility at Svilosa chemical plant in the town of Svishtov on the Danube. The fire will continue to smoulder for another 2-3 days.

There is no danger to people, to the factory production facilities, or to the town of Svishtov. BNR’s correspondent in Veliko Turnovo Zdravka Maslyankova reports. 



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