The fire in the Slavyanka border mountain has again reached the border with Bulgaria, BNR reported.
According to the information of our firefighters, who have been on the scene all week, their Greek colleagues have once again suspended aerial extinguishing because of riskier fires in our southern neighbor. Our correspondent Keti Trencheva with more information:
In anticipation of the fire, dozens of Bulgarian firefighters, military and forest officials have been on the border furrow around the clock for a week and are traversing an extremely difficult terrain with a length of over 5 kilometers. The rain that fell yesterday helped, but for a short time. Today the fire has reached Bulgaria again:
"The moment the sun started to burn and the temperatures rose, the hearths and the fire on the periphery became active and we are like militia again.
The director of forestry in Katuntsi, Plamen Poyukov, did not hide his disappointment at the refusal of the Greek authorities to continue extinguishing with helicopters and planes, leaving the Bulgarian firefighters to work in a risky situation from the mined territory:
"They refused to send us helicopters so that we could put out the fire more easily. They said they have some big fire down in their area that is higher risk and so they can't guarantee us for now. Right now I see 2 of their planes flying over".
However, there was no joy from the accidentally arriving planes:
"20 years ago, in the same place, they read 1 month and 12 days while it rained. Let's hope we don't find ourselves in the same situation.