Hitrino
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Hitrino ({{langx|bg|Хитрино}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈxitrino|pron}}) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Hitrino Municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of the province.
Hitrino is located in the northeastern Ludogorie region, equally outlying from the Black Sea and the Danube, 20 kilometres from the provincial capital of Shumen. The village has a railway station on the Varna-Rousse line and lies on the main road between Silistra and Shumen.
History
The name of the village up until 1934 is Шейтанджик ( Sheitandjik ).
Hitrino was almost entirely populated by local Turkish people as a big part of it emigrated to Turkey during the so-called Revival Process.
"Ludogorie" was founded in Hitrino in 1949.
On 23 January 1955 the machine-tractor station in Hitrino is opened.
A Municipal pioneer home "Живко Гергански ( Jivko Gerganski )" was made near the railway station in the village. It includes 31 pioneer battalions.
Municipality
{{Main|Hitrino Municipality}}
Hitrino municipality includes the following 21 places:
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2016 train accident
{{Main|Hitrino train derailment}}
At 5:40 am local time (03:40 GMT), on 10 December 2016, 7 people were killed and 29 were injured following the explosion of a derailed tanker train. The train, which was carrying propane-butane and propylene, struck an electricity pylon, exploded and caught fire.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/10/fivekilled-bulgarian-explosion-following-train-derailment/|title=Five killed in Bulgarian explosion following train derailment|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Ltd |work=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=10 December 2016}} The fire engulfed at least fifty buildings,{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/europe/bulgaria-train-explosion/index.html |title=Bulgaria train derailment: 5 killed in blast |first=Radina |last=Gigova |publisher=CNN |accessdate=10 December 2016}} one of which collapsed trapping some children.{{cite web |url=http://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/bulgaria/2016/12/10/2880730_hitrino_predi_i_sled_vzriva/ |title=Хитрино: преди и след взрива |trans-title=Hitrino: before and after the explosion |language=Bulgarian |publisher=Capital |accessdate=10 December 2016}} 20 buildings in Hitrino were destroyed.
An evacuation of the village was ordered as 150 firefighters fought the blaze;{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/train-explosion-bulgaria-hitrino-derailment-people-dead-a7466951.html |title=At least four people die after train explodes in Bulgaria |accessdate=10 December 2016 |publisher=Associated Press}} it was extinguished by midday.{{cite web |url=http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2016/12/10/414010/afp-7-killed-in-blast-as-bulgaria-gas-train-derails.html |title=AFP: 7 killed in blast as Bulgaria gas train derails |publisher=Focus News Agency |date=10 December 2016 |accessdate=11 December 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510140248/http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2016/12/10/414010/afp-7-killed-in-blast-as-bulgaria-gas-train-derails.html |url-status=dead }} The injured were taken to hospitals in Shumen and Varna. Some of them sustained burns to 90% of their body.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, visited the village several hours after the blast.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/killed-bulgarian-explosion-train-derailment-44104443|title=5 Killed in Bulgarian Explosion Following Train Derailment|first=ABC|last=News|publisher=abcnews.go.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/741946/Bulgaria-train-crash-hitrino-derailed-explodes-four-dead-evacuation|title=Train derails and explodes into flames, leaving THREE MILES of destruction and five dead|first=Helen Barnett and Katie|last=Mansfield|date=10 December 2016|publisher=express.co.uk|accessdate=10 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38274342|title=Bulgarian freight train derails and explodes, killing five|date=10 December 2016|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=10 December 2016}}
Honours
Hitrino Ridge in Antarctica is named after the village.
External links
- [http://www.hitrino.org/ Hitrino municipality website] {{in lang|bg}}