One person dead and another injured in Bulgarian firework factory explosion

Blaze on Thursday night at warehouse in Elin Pelin near Sofia set off series of dramatic fireballs

One person was killed and another seriously injured when a blaze at a firework factory in Bulgaria set off a series of dramatic explosions on Thursday, local officials and medical staff said.

The blasts began at about 6.30pm in the town of Elin Pelin near the capital, Sofia, sending mushroom clouds into the evening sky, some flecked with the reds and whites of exploding fireworks.