Emergency teams of the Capital Municipality carry out field patrols and respond to signals in connection with the intense rain accompanied by hail over Sofia.
55 are the reports of damage caused by the rain and wind in the capital, the fire department reported. As of 7 p.m., more than 10 teams are working on the field. The main signals are about fallen trees, clogged manholes and flooded ground floors in various neighborhoods of Sofia. The fire department specified that at the moment there are no reports of people in distress and injured.
A passenger car that was flooded was towed from the capital's "Slatinska" street. The driver was unharmed, the Ministry of the Interior explained.
There are stranded buses and cars on the road between the village of Yana and Sofia. The fire department explained that there was also a city transport bus (line 118) that was stuck. There are 5 people in it who are unharmed.
The fire department mainly received reports of flooded ground floors and blocked manholes.
Emergency teams are draining the transport underpass on "Tsarigradsko shose" Blvd.
Currently, the route of bus line 8 has been rerouted, it runs along Iskarsko shose.
Streets and boulevards are flooded in the metropolitan areas "Mladost" and "Student", where traffic is difficult.
On "Tsarigradsko shose" a kilometer-long traffic jam has formed.
Teams of the municipal emergency unit are currently on patrols, informed the director Krasimir Dimitrov:
"We have signals for "Youth". One is for a kindergarten, and the other is for a commercial site, because it has a flooded ground floor.
Over 20 reports of fallen trees were received at the fire station in Sofia. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior. At the moment, there are no reports of injured people or serious incidents as a result of the storm in the capital.
Monitoring of riverbeds and municipal dams is being carried out, the municipality also reported.
From the specialized site Meteo Balkans they report that
the ice grains were the size of a hazelnut.
Drainage of the transport underpass on "Tsarigradsko shose" Blvd. begins. at a commercial establishment. The transport underpass is temporarily closed to traffic.
At the moment, public transport runs everywhere, except for bus line #8, which has been redirected to Iskarsko Shose Street.
Monitoring of the riverbeds and municipal dams, which at this time are normal.