Fire Damages Opera House in Bulgaria's Ruse

The beautiful opera house in Bulgaria's Ruse has lost costumes and props in an overnight fire. Photo by Darik Ruse

A fire has fully destroyed overnight three wardrobes with costumes and a number of props of the State Opera in the Bulgarian Danube city of Ruse.

The call alerting about a fire in the opera house has been placed at 2:40 am, reported the regional police directorate.

The police and firefighters dispatched to the "Holy Trinity" square in Ruse, where the building is located, found burning costumes and props in a side hallway. In addition to them, two curtains, curtain rods, trims and decorative plaster have been destroyed as well.

The police are investigating the cause of the fire and pre-trial proceedings have been launched.

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