The fire burning on the Bulgarian-Greek border has reached about 30-40 meters into the Bulgarian territory, they inform the Facebook page of the Southwest State Enterprise (SSE), quoted by BTA.
Most of the fire covers the Ali Botush reserve, a smaller part - state forest territory. On the periphery, there are people who put out the fire in a timely manner, helicopters are also involved in the extinguishing, the post on the social network states.
Yesterday, the director of the State Forestry in Katuntsi, Eng. Plamen Poyukov, told BTA that after the temperature rose, the fires flared up again and a helicopter was involved in extinguishing the fire.
Two helicopters and military personnel are helping to put out the fire on the Bulgarian-Greek border, the Ministry of Defense announced today.