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Over 1.200 wildfires broke out in Bulgaria in one week

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Over 1.200 wildfires broke out in the past week, the Director of Fire Safety and Civil Protection General Directorate Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov announced. Over 25,000 fires have been extinguished and nearly 450 human lives have been saved since the beginning of 2019, Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov added.




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