Twenty servicemen from the Third Brigade Command with 4 specialized vehicles at 6:30 a.m. today, August 16, left the area of the
military formation to assist in extinguishing the fire over the village of Ilindentsi. Together with firefighters, forest officials and volunteers on the ground, they are participating in expanding the clearings to limit the spread of the fire.
The crews of two AS-532 AL Cougar helicopters from the 24th Air Base in Krumovo are ready to join the actions to extinguish the
fire in Pirin at the request of the General Directorate “Fire Safety and Population Protection“.