A fire is burning in the area of Mount Sinanitsa in Pirin. It was caused by lightning in the late afternoon, the director of the Pirin National Park confirmed for BNR. Rosen Banensky.
On Sunday morning, park officials will head to the scene. The terrain is quite difficult, said the mayor of Sandanski municipality Atanas Stoyanov.
The situation on the Bulgarian-Greek border in Mount Slavyanka also remains complicated.
The fire in the village of Senokos was brought under control on one side. The upper part of the fire there is difficult to access and will rely mostly on air support. Tomorrow, the perimeter of the entire fire in Senokos by the employees of the Southwest State Enterprise, the fire department, the military and volunteers continues.
And the fire in the Maleshev mountain has been brought under control. The state of emergency in Strumyani municipality was lifted, and the evacuated residents of the villages of Karpelevo and Tsaparevo returned to their homes.
The fire near the bride's villages of Ilia and Tsarvaritsa, which has been burning since yesterday, has grown this afternoon and has covered over 1,000 acres of self-reforested coniferous forest. Difficulty in mastering it is also the fact that it is in high-mountainous and difficult-to-access terrain.
This afternoon, two military helicopters - "Cougar" and Mi-17. Cars and teams from the Blagoevgrad region have also been sent. No one was injured, but this afternoon the evacuation of a family that had a property near the fire was necessary, Katya Tabachka, the spokesperson of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyustendil, told BNR:
"The teams of the fire services will also work on site at night. They are there with 7 cars, 36 employees. The forest officials, who have 3 specialized vehicles, 15 people, will also remain. There are representatives of voluntary formation and a bulldozer for the clearings. On the other side, the village of Ilia. The fire has been contained".