A wildfire broke out in a wooded area between Kazanluk and Muglizh, BNR-Stara Zagora reports. The fire is spreading over a wide front and is nearing the munition depots of the Arsenal munition and weapons plant.
Seven teams of firefighters are on site, forestry workers and volunteers are also taking part in the efforts to extinguish the fire; equipment from the Arsenal factory is also being used. A team of firefighters and a bulldozer are on duty at the depots with the aim of preventing the fire from reaching the depots of weapons. At this point there is no danger to the population, the fire department in Stara Zagora says.
On the fifth day of the wildfires raging in the country, politicians started arriving in the border municipality of Bolyarovo, where 7 villages have been affected by the fire. Wildfire near border with Turkey expected to be contained on..
The efforts to contain the wildfires in the border municipality of Bolyarovo continue. The partial state of emergency continues to be in place in 7 villages. The night was calm in the region of the big fire in the vicinity of the village of Voden..
On Saturday sunshine is the forecast until noon. In the afternoon clouds will appear and by midnight it will rain briefly but intensely with thunder. There is a risk of hail in the northwest. Minimum temperatures will be between 18 and 24°C,..
A total of 60 officers from the Bezmer and Kabile units are on the ground with equipment for firefighting, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov..
A state of emergency remains in force in seven villages in the border municipality of Bolyarovo. The fight against the fire at the village of Voden..
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