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They canceled the state of emergency in Strumyani municipality

The state of emergency on the territory of the municipality was announced on Tuesday because of the big fire in the area

Aug 3, 2024 16:23 181

The state of emergency on the territory of Strumyani municipality was canceled. This became known from an order of the mayor Emil Iliev, published on the website of the administration.

Due to the urgent and urgent measures taken to locate and extinguish the forest fire that broke out on the territory of the municipality of Strumyani, the disaster situation has been brought under control and normalized, with which the circumstances that served as a basis for declaring the state of emergency are no longer ahead of schedule, it is stated in the warrant.

The state of emergency on the territory of the municipality was declared on Tuesday because of the large fire in the area.

Earlier today, the mayor of the municipality, Emil Iliev, told BTA that the fire was contained and the evacuated residents of the villages of Tsaparevo and Karpelevo are returning to their homes.

There are two more big fires on the territory of the municipality – in Senokos and on the Bulgarian-Greek border in Mount Slavyanka. The declared state of emergency in the municipality of Simitli is still in effect. The fire in Slavyanka mountain is still active, said this morning the regional governor of Blagoevgrad, Georgi Dinev.