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No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada and lit up the night sky, according to videos broadcast locally. The incident came weeks after an explosion and fire at another EMCO weapons depot in western (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-908120) Bulgaria .   Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told journalists on Saturday that the fire was under control and that an investigation was underway.  "We will review previous cases in which similar fires occurred in the warehouses of this company, as well as at other companies, in order to look for a possible connection or a similar pattern," he said.  (Bulgaria hosts multinational live-fire military exercise ''Strike Back 26 Thursday, 11th June 2026, 16:36)  Bulgaria hosts multinational live-fire military exercise ''Strike Back 26 Thursday, 11th June 2026, 16:36 (credit: REUTERS/STOYAN NENOV)    "We are not ruling out outside interference."   EMCO is run by Bulgarian arms trader Emilian Gebrev, who Bulgarian prosecutors have previously alleged was the target of attacks on his facilities by Russian operatives.  Previous arrest for Russians accused of involvement in sabotage  In 2024, Bulgaria issued arrest warrants for six (https://www.jpost.com/tags/russia) Russian citizens accused of involvement in the destruction of EMCO arms depots that stored munitions destined for export to Ukraine and Georgia between 2011 and 2020.  Prosecutors at the time said they had grounds to suspect links between the blasts in Bulgaria, an attempted poisoning of Gebrev in 2015, and munitions depot explosions in the Czech Republic in 2014.   Moscow has dismissed the allegations.  Slavcho Dimiev, manager of EMCO's production facilities, confirmed Saturday's fire at the storage site, which he said mainly holds ammunition, including a small quantity of medium-caliber rounds.   He told reporters that they should consider additional measures to protect such facilities.  "If it is ultimately concluded that they have been targeted, this is not an attack on a particular company alone; it is an attack on the national interest," he said.     See more on (https://www.jpost.com/tags/russia) Russia |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/bulgaria) Bulgaria |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/czech-republic) Czech Republic |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/weapons) weapons |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/explosion) Explosion    (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google           Related Articles (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-908420) (Sudhakar Dalela, Randhir Jaiswal and Shambhu L. Hakki at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, September 12, 2026.) (Sudhakar Dalela, Randhir Jaiswal and Shambhu L. Hakki at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, September 12, 2026.)  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