New fires also broke out yesterday on the territory of Bulgaria, BTA reported.
A state of emergency has been declared since last night in the Harmanli municipality by order of the district governor of Haskovo Mehmed Ataman due to a fire, the press center of the District Administration announced. The fire broke out around 3:20 p.m. in a section between the Sakara villages of Kolarovo and Izvorovo. Vineyards, dry grasses, areas not suitable for forestry are burning.
The Brezovo Municipality announced that there was a fire in the "Dondukovo" villa area. Villas have burned down, the fire has engulfed the forest and is moving towards the Svezhen village. Six teams of the fire department are fighting the fire, which is burning between the villages of Zlatosel and Svezhen, the fire department added. Another six teams are extinguishing a fire near the Chernichevo village of Hisar. The fire, which was on the outskirts of the village of Chernichevo, has been brought under control and there is no danger to the settlement, announced the Municipality of Hisarya.
The fire in the area of the villa area "Dondukovo" is limited. Four villas were burned, acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev told journalists, who was there to learn about the situation. No one was injured and no evacuation was necessary.
A total of two Air Force crews and Cougar helicopters. and Mi-17 were involved in extinguishing the fires that occurred in the municipalities of Brezovo and Hisarya, Plovdiv region, the Ministry of Defense announced.
A new group of 18 servicemen with equipment, from the composition of the Third Brigade Command – Blagoevgrad is acting today to control the fire in Slavyanka Mountain on the Bulgarian-Greek border, the press center of the Ministry of Defense announced.
Firefighters, forest officials and volunteers extinguished a large fire in the land of the Boboshevo village of Blazhievo. Large areas of dry grass and bushes are covered, as well as fields. The fire was raging in several places. The element is now under control, there is no danger to people or houses, the mayor of the municipality, Stefan Tachev, told BTA. Firefighters will remain on duty at night, he said.
A fire in the area of the State Forestry in Samokov is approaching the Alino village, the Southwest State Enterprise reported. According to them, the fire broke out around 10:00 yesterday morning. More than 20 forest officials, firefighters, municipal employees and volunteers participated in extinguishing the fire. There is no danger for the settlements that are close to the fire in the Samokov region, the Main Directorate "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" informed BTA. The fire in the area of Samokov is localized, there is no danger to people, the director of the State Forestry in Samokov Alexander Krosnev told BTA.
Firefighters, forest officials and volunteers took part in extinguishing the fire at the village of Nedelkova Graštitsa, Nevestino municipality. According to data from the forestry department in Nevestino, agricultural areas, coniferous and broad-leaved forest are burning, and in some places the fire was at its peak.
The fire in Stara Planina above the “Iztok” of Varshets was contained and extinguished in the late hours of that night. No one was injured, mainly dry grass and low vegetation burned, the mayor of Varshets, Ivan Lazarov, told BTA.