Hitrino is located in the northeastern Ludogorie region, equally outlying from the Black Sea and the Danube, 20 kilometres from the provincial capital of Shumen. The village has a railway station on the Varna-Rousse line and lies on the main road between Silistra and Shumen.
At 5:40 am local time (03:40 GMT), on 10 December 2016, 7 people were killed and 29 were injured following the explosion of a derailed tanker train. The train, which was carrying propane-butane and propylene, struck an electricity pylon, exploded and caught fire.[1] The fire engulfed at least fifty buildings,[2] one of which collapsed trapping some children.[3] 20 buildings in Hitrino were destroyed.
An evacuation of the village was ordered as 150 firefighters fought the blaze;[4] it was extinguished by midday.[5] The injured were taken to hospitals in Shumen and Varna.[3] Some of them sustained burns to 90% of their body.[1]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, visited the village several hours after the blast.[6][7][8]
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hitrino, bulgarian, Хитрино, pronounced, ˈxitrino, village, northeastern, bulgaria, part, shumen, province, administrative, centre, homonymous, municipality, which, lies, northwestern, part, province, Хитриноlocation, coordinates, 4260, 9174, 4260, 9174country. Hitrino Bulgarian Hitrino pronounced ˈxitrino is a village in northeastern Bulgaria part of Shumen Province It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Hitrino Municipality which lies in the northwestern part of the province Hitrino HitrinoHitrinoLocation of HitrinoCoordinates 43 25 34 N 26 55 03 E 43 4260 N 26 9174 E 43 4260 26 9174Country BulgariaProvinces Oblast ShumenGovernment MayorNuridin IsmailElevation273 m 896 ft Population 2008 1 Total836Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Postal Code9780Area code05341 Hitrino is located in the northeastern Ludogorie region equally outlying from the Black Sea and the Danube 20 kilometres from the provincial capital of Shumen The village has a railway station on the Varna Rousse line and lies on the main road between Silistra and Shumen Contents 1 History 2 Municipality 3 2016 train accident 4 Honours 5 External links 6 ReferencesHistory editThe name of the village up until 1934 is Shejtandzhik Sheitandjik Hitrino was almost entirely populated by local Turkish people as a big part of it emigrated to Turkey during the so called Revival Process Ludogorie was founded in Hitrino in 1949 On 23 January 1955 the machine tractor station in Hitrino is opened A Municipal pioneer home Zhivko Gerganski Jivko Gerganski was made near the railway station in the village It includes 31 pioneer battalions Municipality editMain article Hitrino Municipality Hitrino municipality includes the following 21 places Baykovo Bliznatsi Cherna Dlazhko Dobri Voynikovo Edinakovtsi Hitrino Iglika Kalino Kamenyak Razvigorovo Slivak Stanovets Studenitsa Tervel Timarevo Trem Varbak Visoka Polyana Zhivkovo Zvegor2016 train accident editMain article Hitrino train derailment At 5 40 am local time 03 40 GMT on 10 December 2016 7 people were killed and 29 were injured following the explosion of a derailed tanker train The train which was carrying propane butane and propylene struck an electricity pylon exploded and caught fire 1 The fire engulfed at least fifty buildings 2 one of which collapsed trapping some children 3 20 buildings in Hitrino were destroyed An evacuation of the village was ordered as 150 firefighters fought the blaze 4 it was extinguished by midday 5 The injured were taken to hospitals in Shumen and Varna 3 Some of them sustained burns to 90 of their body 1 Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visited the village several hours after the blast 6 7 8 Honours editHitrino Ridge in Antarctica is named after the village External links editHitrino municipality website in Bulgarian References edit a b Five killed in Bulgarian explosion following train derailment Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group Ltd Retrieved 10 December 2016 Gigova Radina Bulgaria train derailment 5 killed in blast CNN Retrieved 10 December 2016 a b Hitrino predi i sled vzriva Hitrino before and after the explosion in Bulgarian Capital Retrieved 10 December 2016 At least four people die after train explodes in Bulgaria Associated Press Retrieved 10 December 2016 AFP 7 killed in blast as Bulgaria gas train derails Focus News Agency 10 December 2016 Retrieved 11 December 2016 News ABC 5 Killed in Bulgarian Explosion Following Train Derailment abcnews go com Retrieved 10 December 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help Mansfield Helen Barnett and Katie 10 December 2016 Train derails and explodes into flames leaving THREE MILES of destruction and five dead express co uk Retrieved 10 December 2016 Bulgarian freight train derails and explodes killing five bbc co uk 10 December 2016 Retrieved 10 December 2016 43 25 34 N 26 55 03 E 43 4260 N 26 9174 E 43 4260 26 9174 nbsp This Shumen Province Bulgaria location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hitrino amp oldid 1126495866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
