Five injured as explosion at bread factory interrupts televised football match in Romania

Firefighters suspect more may be trapped under the rubble

The explosion erupted during a game between FC Brasov and Ramnicu Valcea. (Getty Images)

Five people were injured in an explosion at a bread factory in the central Romanian city of Brasov late on Thursday night, with the incident captured by cameras broadcasting a televised football game.

Ten people were estimated to be working in the factory at the time and firefighters were still trying to extract a person from the rubble late on Thursday night, according to the country’s deputy interior minister Raed Arafat.

In the clip, the blast can be seen erupting from behind the Romanian Liga II fixture between FC Brasov and Ramnicu Valcea.

Supporters in the stands turned their back on the match action and instead switched their attentions to the fireball raging behind them.

"Five people were taken to the hospital ... with burns," Arafat told local television station Antena 3, who said firefighters and ambulances were on site, with local hospitals alerted and helicopters on standby.

"Right now they are trying to extract one person from the rubble. We suspect more people are trapped under the rubble."

Arafat said ten people were estimated to have been working in the factory at the time of the blast.

The explosion comes days after a fire at a rock concert in a club in capital Bucharest killed 32 people and injured nearly 200, prompting massive street protests across Romania and leading to the resignation of the leftist cabinet of Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Thousands of people were still protesting in Bucharest for the third day straight on Thursday as President Klaus Iohannis began consultations with political parties over a new prime minister.

Additional reporting by Reuters