The report of the technical investigation into the train fire of February 28, which took the lives of nine people, was ready and would be handed over to the regional prosecutor in Pleven after the weekend, Bulgarian news agency (BTA) quoted prosecutor Valeri Mirchev as saying.

The fire started at about midnight on the train from Sofia to Kardam on the border with Romania, in the Dobrich region. As the train was entering the town of Cherven Bryag, the fire started in a couchette carriage, which had 35 people in it at the time, and then spread to a sleeping coach with 27 people.

The technical investigation had been done by the fire-safety institute at the interior ministry with the help of external experts, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik said.

According to Mirchev, sufficient evidence had been found to establish responsibility.