A fire near the village of Mikhiltsi threatens the outermost houses of the settlement, the mayor of Hisarya municipality informed BTA Iva Valcheva. She informed that currently the police and the mayor of the village are notifying the residents of the area. People were evacuated from two inhabited houses, but there are many uninhabited ones.
There are many firefighters and volunteers at the scene, we are ready to bring out more people if necessary, Valcheva said.
Earlier last night the fire above the village was brought under control. Only the professional volunteer formations and firefighters remained on the ground. Military personnel from the 61st Stryam Mechanized Brigade continue to guard the military warehouse storing carbon dioxide bottles of the Military Medical Academy.
Yesterday, several reports were received about four fires in the lands of the villages Pesnopoi, Mikhiltsi, Ivan Vazovo, Otets Paisievo and Sarnegor. Fire department teams were immediately dispatched and a request was made to the Ministry of Defense (MoD ) for the involvement of two helicopters in extinguishing the fire. Crews from the 24th air base in Krumovo participated in the extinguishing for three and five hours. The two helicopters made 21 and 52 approaches and dropped a total of 145 tons of water, the Ministry of Defense announced. The fire covered a wooded area, and at times it went down to the main road Plovdiv - Karlovo. Dozens of volunteers, firefighters, employees of the State Forestry, military personnel joined the fight against the fire.
Fires also broke out yesterday in other regions of the country, in some places a state of partial disaster was declared.
A total of 13 houses and agricultural buildings were destroyed in Haskovsko. This was announced by the press center of the Regional Administration after an extraordinary emergency meeting of the Regional Governor Mehmed Ataman with the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dimitar Kangaljiev and the Director of the Main Directorate "Fire safety and protection of the population“ Alexander Zhartov.
Since yesterday afternoon, a partial state of emergency has been in effect in the municipalities of Topolovgrad and Ivaylovgrad because of the outbreaks that occurred in the conditions of strong wind, high temperatures and difficult terrain.
To date, three houses and outbuildings have burned down in the Topolovgrad village of Srem. 6 cars were also affected. The fire was also stopped in the village and there were no casualties. 25 people were evacuated. Heavy equipment and a helicopter are traveling to the municipality of Topolovgrad and will be involved in field work. If necessary, a second firefighting helicopter will be provided.
In the Ivaylovgrad village of Gornoseltsi 10 houses were burned. No one was injured, but the situation remains serious. Pine forest and dry grasses continue to burn. Firefighters continue extinguishing in all directions. Fortunately, the wind died down and the spread of the fire to the neighboring villages of Pokrovan and Cherni Rid has been stopped, the mayor of Ivaylovgrad, Diana Ovcharova, who is on the ground, told BTA. According to her, two or three of the destroyed properties were habitable, and shelter was provided for their residents.
A fire broke out in the afternoon today in the land of Svilengrad village Studena and Topolovgrad Planinovo. The fire is in a mixed forest, we have sent our voluntary municipal formation to help the firefighters. We have no data on the danger to populated areas, Svilengrad Mayor Anastas Karchev told BTA.
"In the coming weeks, high temperatures will be a prerequisite for fires, so all citizens should be as cautious as possible and not underestimate the situations that have arisen. During the past week, 25 acts of caused fires were drawn up on the territory of Haskovo region. The authorities will be uncompromising towards violators and will ensure strict compliance with the order issued by the regional governor of the Haskovo region, said the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dimitar Kangaldzhiev, as quoted by the press center.
According to the order, the cultivation of pastures and the baling of straw and hay are prohibited after 11:00 a.m. until the first of September.
Later that evening, Kangaldzhiev and Zhartov met on the spot with the situation in Topolovgradsko. The situation throughout the country is calming down, Zhartov assured. Kangaldzhiev called for responsibility on the part of the public to comply with safety measures this season.
During the day, a fire broke out in the village of Slivka, Pavel Banya municipality, Smolyan region.
The mayor of Banite municipality Pavlin Belchev announced that he was under control. The affected area is about 12-13 decares of forest. There is a team of the fire department and forest officials on site.
The fire is believed to have been caused by a tree falling on a power line.
The fire near the village of Shiroki Dol in Samokov has been brought under control, Venera Milova, secretary of Samokov Municipality, told BTA.
The fire started from dry grass and is spreading to the forest above the village, the Regional Office for "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" told BTA. – Samokov.
According to the mayor of the village, it was deliberate arson.
The intersection at the exit of Samokov at the fork for the villages of Beli Iskar was closed – Madjare – Small church – Govedartsi, saw a BTA reporter.
At the end of "Vardar" street bales of hay have set themselves on fire. Teams of the fire department in Samokov were extinguishing the fire, the firefighters on the spot told a BTA reporter.
They added that the cause of the fire was probably the exhaust of the vehicle transporting them.
A fire covered over 1,000 acres between the Elhovo villages of Granitovo and Melnitsa. The fire broke out in the early afternoon today. Both dry grasses and bushes, as well as forest areas, are covered, the mayor of Elhovo municipality, Petar Gendov, told BTA.
The fire broke out on a large front, growing in the direction of Lesovo. There are five fire engines and 20 firefighters at the scene. Forestry and border officials are also helping in extinguishing the fire, Tatyana Pavlova, spokesperson for the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yambol, told BTA.