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Coverage dated September 12, 2026

Bulgaria investigates fire at weapons site that owner calls sabotage

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Officials are not ruling out "outside interference", while the company says the blaze at its site was sabotage.

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Bulgaria: Fire at factory making munitions for Ukraine (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Bulgarian authorities are investigating a fire at a munitions factory for links to an explosion at a similar facility in August. Arms maker EMCO says no human error was involved, as investigators look at sabotage.

  2. Euromaidan Press

    Second fire in a month hits the Bulgarian plant that ships ammunition to Ukraine, and sabotage is on the table (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    Euromaidan Press's feed description

    The country's interior minister has ordered every ammunition depot in the country inspected and says outside interference cannot be excluded.

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Fire at ammunition depot in Bulgaria raises fears of neglect or sabotage (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Bulgarian authorities launched investigations into an explosion at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight, which came in the wake of another blaze at a munitions depot in recent weeks, raising fears of sabotage

  4. The Kyiv Independent

    Explosion at Bulgarian ammunition depot supplying Ukraine sparks massive fire, sabotage probe (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The Kyiv Independent's feed description

    The latest incident comes amid broader concern over fires, explosions, and suspected sabotage at European defense facilities supplying Ukraine.

  5. BBC News

    Bulgaria investigates fire at weapons site that owner calls sabotage (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    Officials are not ruling out "outside interference", while the company says the blaze at its site was sabotage.