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Plane drops water over arms disposal depot in Chelopechene
07 Jul 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A plane drops water in attempt to secure an area over an arms disposal depot in the village of Chelopechene, near Sofia, July 7, 2008. A series of powerful explosions rocked an arms disposal depot storing 1,500 tonnes of obsolete munitions outside Sofia last Thursday, injuring three people, shaking apartment blocks and panicking thousands. The explosions followed a fire at the complex near the village of Chelopechene on the eastern edge of the Bulgarian capital, police and civil defence officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (BULGARIA)
REUTERS/OLEG POPOV


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