Over 100 thousand decares have already burned areas in the Svilengradsko fire, which has been burning since Saturday morning and continues to grows due to the strong wind and difficult-to-access terrain in places. This was announced this evening by the press service of the Regional Administration – Haskovo, reported BTA
The fire has affected forests, agricultural crops and vineyards.
In the late afternoon yesterday, the fire spread to the village of Levka and was contained to the first houses. No homes were burned, but a farm building was burned. The administration specified that it was a cow farm. No animals were harmed, as they were outside of it.
The fire, which started earlier yesterday in the direction of the villages of Shtit and Mihalich, near our border with Turkey, continued to be active until late last night. He is raging in a forest. There are clearings that are monitored and guarded.
The other direction of the fire is developing towards the road between the villages of Pastrogor and Mladinovo.
Because of the difficult situation, firefighting was also started from the air with two helicopters of the Air Force since yesterday morning.
The district governor of the Haskovo district, Mehmed Ataman, together with his deputy, Mitko Petrov, were also on the field yesterday. The chief secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dimitar Kangaldzhiev, the director of the Main Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" were also present. chief commissioner Alexander Dzharov, the director of the Regional Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" Senior Commissioner Mitko Chakalov and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ivan Kapitonov.
Teams of the fire department continued to work last night together with volunteers, forest officials, farmers with equipment and water carriers.
Today, chain military equipment will also be included in the extinguishing. The two helicopters involved also remain on the ground.
In the territories of the municipalities of Svilengrad, Topolovgrad and Ivaylovgrad, an order of the regional governor of Haskovo for a partial state of emergency is in effect. Since that day, his order has been in force, with which the processing of pastures and the baling of hay and straw is completely prohibited in the entire territory of the district until further notice. It was issued after it became clear that the fire in Svilengradsko started from grass processing with a mower attached to a tractor.
Meanwhile, the fire near the Razgrad village of Pobit Kamak has been localized, chief inspector Svetlomir Dimitrov, head of the "Firefighting and rescue activity" sector, told BTA. in the Regional Directorate “Fire Safety and Protection of the Population” in Razgrad.
There are three fire engines and nine firefighters on the scene, who are working to fully extinguish the fire. Dimitrov pointed out that only one temporary building burned during the fire, and the fire did not cover houses, as was the initial information. According to him, there is no danger to the settlement. With agricultural equipment, clearings are made in the land where the fire started, in order to prevent its possible spread.
There are also employees of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Razgrad to provide assistance. Also here are the director of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Razgrad, senior commissioner Diyan Simeonov, and the deputy director - commissioner Ivan Ignatov.