Speculating about the reasons behind current events has probably always been a national hobby in Bulgaria. No matter what happens, in conversations and public opion as much as in blogs and in dailies, hidden reasons and interests are found for everything that happens.

One day after the explosions in an army warehouse just outside Sofia, newspapers, blogs and forums are full of theories and speculations. They don't focus that much on who-dunnit, but more on "who could have ordered this?" and, related to that, "who would benefit from this and how?"

Bulgarian dailies carried the theory that the explosions were allegedly a cover-up, intended to hide the evidence of ammo having disappeared over time. Investigations had allegedly been underway into the disappearance of the arms. An alternative speculation in local media was that the explosions had been orchestrated to clear the plot of land so that it could be sold as empty land. An unlikely theory, according to a blogger who goes by the name of Sully, and who suggested that fires started as early four in the morning, giving everyone on the terrain 2.5 hours to find a safe place. Unlikely, as "the plot of land could easily be transferred regardless, as specialists of the army have demonstrated before," Sully said.

Blogger Teodortorroff quoted an article in Standart daily as saying that historian Bozhidar Dimitrov had told the daily that the three miraculous icons of the Virgin Mary had rescued Sofia from destruction. Dimitrov, said to be a sworn atheist, allegedly made his statement after he was woken up earlier than usual, supposedly by the Virgin Mary, on the day of the incident.

One user on the forum-for-mothers-turned-media-giant Bg-mamma, feared since rumours about a nearing bankruptcy which had allegedly first been pubished on this forum almost brought down First Investment Bank, claimed on Thursday that city officials had been given days off until after the weekend and had been told to leave the city. As a source, the user quoted her son-in-law's boss.

Meanwhile, in Parliament, Volen Siderov, leader of nationalist party Ataka refused to rule out that the explosions were a terrorist attack. On July 4, he once again urged for his terrorists-dunnit theory to be given serious consideration by Parliament.

Outside it is 30 degrees, and the smell is not that of gunpowder.