The car and the front door of the home of the mayor of Bistritsa, Samuil Popov, were set on fire around 1:30 a.m. He reported the incident himself in the studio of “The Day Begins“.
According to him, first a loud noise was heard.
“Around 1:30 a.m., something like thunder was heard, like an explosion.“
A little later, he realized that his car, parked in the yard, was on fire.
“I realized that the car, which was parked in the yard of the house, was on fire. The staircase of the house also started to smoke. Later, I realized that both the car and the house were on fire. The door of the house.“
He immediately called 112.