The fires near Harmanli, Otets Paisievo, Voden and Kraynovo have been brought under control

A total of 981 firefighters and 332 fire trucks participated in the localization and liquidation of 95 accidents, they have been brought under control the fires near Harmanli and in Otets Paisievo, the Ministry of the Interior announced at 8:30 p.m. last night, BTA reported.

I see that the fire has been brought under control, later said acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, who visited the village of Voden. I want to reassure people that the benefits they are entitled to by law will be received, Glavchev pointed out and added that the funds will be paid in the shortest possible time. He said that he has contacted the Minister of Transport and Communications and ordered to enter into communication with the mobile operators who should put up a mobile cell these days so that the people in the village can have communication. The right of communication cannot be taken away from people anywhere, and this is decisive in such situations, noted the acting Prime Minister. Glavchev indicated that he intends to convene a meeting of the Security Council at the Council of Ministers tomorrow, where many topics will be clarified.

The fire in the Bolyarov village Kraynovo has been brought under control, it affected several houses, but no one was injured. This was said today in the village of Voden by the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dimitar Kangaldzhiev.

The burning houses were extinguished. The extinguishing was made difficult by the strong wind that came out around 16:00, as well as by the lack of communications.

There is currently a fire on a front of about two kilometers in a wooded area, which is going in the direction of the Turkish border. A fire is also burning near the village ofStrandja. "We are making tremendous efforts to cross it, we are redeploying heavy equipment," he added.

Teams of the fire department, the gendarmerie, forest officials, 32 Turkish firefighters, heavy equipment are on duty.

Kangaljiev pointed out that they did not allow residents of the affected villages to suffer, although some of them refused to leave their burning houses. Elderly people with difficulty moving, who were accommodated in the home for the elderly in the village of Voden, were taken out of Kraynovo today.

The fact that there were no casualties or injuries indicates that the reaction of all the people who were on the ground was adequate. This was stated by the Acting Minister of Internal Affairs, Kalin Stoyanov, who visited the village of Otets Paisievo, in response to a journalist's question about the fire in the Yambol village of Voden, which broke out yesterday and forced the evacuation of the population there. Stoyanov, together with example Dimitar Glavchev and social minister Ivaylo Ivanov, visited one of the villages most affected by the fires in the Plovdiv region.

The victims of the fire in the village of Voden will receive one-time assistance of BGN 1,578, said the executive director of the Social Assistance Agency (ASP) Vesselin Kojukharov. He visited the village together with the regional governor Nikolay Kostadinov, and earlier today a commission from the municipality of Bolyarovo was making an inventory of the damage to the houses damaged in the fire.

In case of greater damages, the compensation will be within four thousand BGN, applying to the "Social Protection" Fund.

In the late afternoon, due to a fire, a helicopter had to be diverted to the city of Harmanli, the General Directorate of “Fire Safety and Protection of the Population” informed BTA. (GDPBZN).

Two firefighters were slightly injured in the fire, the head of the Regional Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" announced. (RDPBZN) Mitko Chakalov. He explained that it is being clarified whether there are people missing from the villa area in the area of Trifoncheto near the city, in the direction of Madjarovo. An industrial building and private homes, the number of which is yet to be clear, have burned in the villa area. According to local people, 200 sheep were burned alive in a farm in the area near Harmanli. More than 10 teams of firefighters with equipment are working on the ground, and more are arriving from different parts of the country. Volunteers with agricultural equipment and water carriers got involved in extinguishing the flames. As of 8:30 p.m., the fire continues in the villa area and in the Izvora na belonogata area. Clearing with heavy equipment is also done on site, as there is a gas station, parking lot and villas nearby.

The flames broke out at the entrance to the city in the late afternoon and are now dangerously close to a villa area, a parking lot and a gas station, reported the District Administration in Haskovo. Because of the outbreak, the area is heavily smoky.

From the “Road Infrastructure” Agency (API) announced two bypass routes - from Harmanli to Lyubimets, via the “Maritsa“ highway. and from Lyubimets in the direction of Ivaylovgrad, the fork for the village of Malki Voden, and from there to Madjarovo. The second detour is from Madjarovo to the villages of Silen, Dolno Botevo, Stambolovo, Haskovo and to Harmanli.

According to Mitko Petrov from the Regional Road Administration in Haskovo, the road section to Madjarovo is temporarily closed.

Teams provide support in the settlements affected by the fires. This was informed by the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC).

Volunteers and employees of BCHK-Yambol are in the village of Voden, where the residents evacuated yesterday were allowed to return to their homes today. The teams of the BRC provide psychosocial support to the victims, and together with the Bolyarovo Municipality, in the next three days, food packages and water will be provided at the specially opened point, which is located in the town hall of the village of Voden.

BCHK-Plovdiv teams provide water and food to the injured population and the specialized teams working on the ground in the village of Otets Paisievo. A needs assessment is carried out. An additional 10 pallets of 1.5 liters of mineral water will be donated to the regional Red Cross organization, which will also be provided to those in need.

Fire crews from Panagyurishte and Plovdiv are involved in extinguishing the fire in the village of Apriltsi, which broke out in the afternoon, announced Petar Kulenski, mayor of the Pazardzhik municipality, and added that support from trained volunteers is being organized. Agricultural equipment is engaged, which makes clearings.

The fire has covered the forest near the villages of Shtrkovo and Elshitsa, but there is no danger to the populated areas at the moment, announced the spokesman of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Pazardzhik Miroslav Stoyanov, clarifying that there is currently no danger to the populated areas.

According to the collected data, the fire started from the end houses of Apriltsi village, it was quickly localized and no buildings were affected.

This week, a fire was burning in the land of the town of Strelcha, and a helicopter was involved in extinguishing it. A day later there was also a fire in the village of Sestrimo, municipality of Belovo, and fire crews, local foresters and volunteers were involved in extinguishing it.

The fire above the village of Frolosh, Kocherinovo municipality, which started a few days ago, is still active, the Southwest State Enterprise (SZDP) announced. Today, firebreaks are being made and burning fires are being extinguished.

Employees from the forestry farms "Rila Monastery", "Nevestino" and "Dupnitsa", with two forest vehicles specialized for extinguishing, together with firefighters from Kyustendil and at this moment are on the spot and are monitoring the fire to prevent it from spreading.

The fire started on July 16 in a coniferous forest in the area of Vaksevo village, Nevestino municipality and spread towards the villages of Tishanovo, Nevestino municipality and Frolosh, Kocherinovo municipality.

A fire broke out in the village of Dimitrievo, municipality of Chirpan, the municipality announced. Six teams of the fire department fought the fire - two from Chirpan, two from Stara Zagora, one from Sofia and one from Dimitrovgrad. The outer yards of the village are burning, Mayor Ivaylo Kracholov informed BTA. According to Kracholov, the fire was intentional, the perpetrator has been identified and is being sought.

The perpetrator set tires on fire in his yard without considering the situation, as a result of which the fire grew and engulfed more than twelve houses, four of which were inhabited at the time. No people were injured.

The fire above the Kaloyanovo village of Otets Paisievo has been localized, the director of the Regional Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" announced. - Plovdiv, Senior Commissioner Vasil Dimov. According to him, there are smoldering fires in some places, but the fire is not spreading.

All who are on site remain on duty in the entire perimeter, noted Dimov. The reason is that the temperatures are still high and there is wind, which could reignite the fire. At least 24 hours after the burning of the last outbreak, there will be firefighters on site, and subsequently observers, the commissioner added.

Today, 200 firefighters and military personnel and more than 100 volunteers and forest officials took part in extinguishing the fire. Two helicopters from the Czech Republic also participated in the extinguishing activities.

Earlier in the day, the mayor of Karlovo, Emil Kabaivanov, declared a partial state of emergency for the villages of Prolom, Mrachenik and the town of Banya, he told journalists.

Kabaivanov explained that, in addition to firefighters, 50 volunteers from the local and municipal administration, as well as residents of the settlements, are involved in extinguishing the fire above the village of Prolom.

In the center in a stationed and 10-ton water carrier with a spray gun. We are ready if we have to start an evacuation, Karaivanov pointed out. According to him, at this stage the situation is calm and this is not necessary.

The Ministry of Defense announced that a total of 142 servicemen from the Ground Forces and the Air Force participated this morning in controlling the fires in the country.

In the area of the village of Otets Paisievo, Plovdiv region, 94 servicemen worked with 14 units of specialized and transport equipment from the Land Forces.

Engineer specialists from the 91st Engineer General Support Battalion, part of the 55th Engineer Regiment – Belene, for another day, clearings and forest roads were paved with specialized machines – BAT and a front-end loader, between the villages of Otets Paisievo and Prolom, together with forestry officials and the "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" service.

Near the village of Voden, Yambol district, a total of 56 military personnel from the Ground Forces and the Air Force participated. From the composition of the 42nd mechanized battalion of the 2nd Tundzhan mechanized brigade – Stara Zagora has 20 people on the ground, from the 20th self-propelled artillery division – Ten military personnel joined Yambol. From the Air Force staff of the 22nd Air Base – 18 people put out the same fire.

Two helicopters with a crew of four military personnel from the 24th Air Base – In Krumovo, they carried out fire-fighting operations near the village of Voden. Cougar helicopter took off today at 10:36 a.m., and the Mi-17 – at 10:51 a.m.

Two helicopters, which are help from the Czech Republic, took off at 10:25 a.m. to extinguish the fire from the air near the village of Otets Paisievo.

The Turkish Welsh of Kirklareli sent to Bulgaria 40 personnel and specialized equipment, consisting of a total of 15 vehicles, including three pickup trucks, four water tankers, two fire engines, two graders and a bulldozer.

At its meeting, the parliamentary committee on budget and finance adopted a decision obliging the Council of Ministers (CoM) to immediately take the necessary actions to secure funds from the budget to support the victims of the fires.

The commission's decision also states that the Council of Ministers must weekly inform the National Assembly (NA) about the actions taken.

With the decision of the commission, the Council of Ministers undertakes to provide the necessary funds and take the necessary actions for the purchase of firefighting aircraft for those needed by the Ministry of the Interior.

The Council of Ministers is also obliged to submit to the National Assembly a report on the actions taken to utilize the allocated funds under the "Environment" operational program. environment for buying fire-fighting equipment for the prevention of forest fires.