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Explosions At Bulgaria Firework Factory Housing Two Tons Of TNT At least one person was killed and another seriously injured when a blaze at a firework factory in Bulgaria set off a series of dramatic explosions late on July 25, local officials and medical staff said.The blasts began at around 6.30 p.m. in the town of Elin Pelin near the capital Sofia, sending mushroom clouds high into the evening sky, some flecked with the reds and whites of exploding fireworks.There were two tons of TNT equivalent in one of the warehouses, according to preliminary data, Bulgaria's News Agency reported.Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov said on Thursday evening that a 49-year-old man died of injuries sustained in the fire while his 20-year-old daughter is in critical condition in hospital.Two men, a 22 year-old son of the warehouse owner and a 60-year-old employee, are believed to have been in the warehouse and remain unaccounted for, he said.Residents told local media that smaller bangs continued through the night and into July 26 morning. The area, surrounded by farmland, was cordoned off and military helicopters scanned the scene, a Reuters witness said.