Seven fires are burning in forest territories, the Forestry Agency announced. The fires are in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Kyustendil and Yambol, BNR reported.
The municipality of Hisarya is recruiting volunteers to participate today in extinguishing the fire in the area of the villages of Mikhiltsi and Ivan Vazovo. The regional governor of Plovdiv, Hristina Yancheva, thanked the dozens of citizens who, together with the firefighters, forestry workers and the military, helped yesterday. According to the director of the regional directorate "Fire safety and protection of the population" Senior Commissioner Vasil Dimov, who is in charge of extinguishing the fire on the spot, although the situation is extremely dynamic, there is hope that the fire will be completely extinguished today. The meeting point is in front of the farm on the road between Mikhiltsi village and Hisarya at 7.30 am. Firefighters will coordinate and direct to extinguishing locations.
The mayor of Kaloyanovo municipality, Mladen Kichev, has also asked the Plovdiv regional governor for help from volunteers to extinguish the fire in the forest massif between the villages of Pesnopoi in Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi in Hisar municipality.
In addition to technique, more manpower is desperately needed today. The meeting point is in front of the community center in the village of Ivan Vazovo at 7:30 a.m.
Volunteers should wear long-sleeved cotton clothing with long pants and closed-toe shoes. It is recommended that they be provided with shovels and tampons in advance.
A new fire broke out in Svilengradsko last night, the situation there is very critical. On a wide front, the flames are burning in the area of Ravna Gora, Levka, Dervishka Mogila. Tongues of fire sweep everything in their path. There are burnt and several uninhabited houses. There are no reports of injured people.
The regional governor of Haskovo, Mehmed Ataman, issued an order for a total ban on agricultural work.
The regional administration in Haskovo announced a partial state of emergency in the municipality of Svilengrad yesterday due to the fire that broke out near the village of Studena. A 60-year-old farmer started the fire. Cleaning his walnut garden with a machine. Her plow struck a stone and a spark was produced. The man tried to extinguish the flames himself. The farmer has burns on his arms, legs and head.