Firefighter continue combating the fire that was raging in the Pirin Mountain and it is expected that it would be completely extinguished by Monday night, Mayor of Kresna Municipality Nikolay Georgiev has told the BNR. More than 600 people have been..
People from two villages were evacuated, and the mayors of the municipalities of Kresna and Simitli declared a state of emergency in three populated areas after a raging fire destroyed over 700 hectares of mixed forests in Kresna Gorge within hours..
An intense forest fire near the city of Burgas has been put out, authorities reported. In addition to firefighters, some 65 military men from the regions of Sliven and Yambol took part in combating the fire, as well as a special military helicopter...
Bulgaria’s Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology has issued the highest alert for risk of wildfires in five Bulgarians districts on Sunday. Code Red was issued in Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Silistra and Haskovo districts. A high degree of risk..
A fire is raging near the village of Gramatikovo, Malko Tarnovo Municipality in the region of Burgas. Local authorities say it could have been started by illegal migrants detained earlier today near the village. For the time being the fire’s..
The National Institute of Metrology and Hydrology warned about fire danger in many Bulgarian districts on Monday. Code red for extreme fire danger was issued for the following Bulgarian districts: Haskovo, Smolyan, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven,..
Bulgarian firefighters have extinguished a total of 248 fires on Bulgarian territory in the past twenty four hours, the press center of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior told the Bulgarian National Radio. 61 signals of new fires have been sent on..
Code Red for highest danger of fires was issued for all districts in Southeast and Northeast Bulgaria on Sunday. The same warning was also issued for some regions of Smolyan, Pazardzhik and Plovdiv districts in the Rhodope Mountains. Code Red was also..
Code Red for highest danger of fires was issued for 7 Bulgarian districts on Friday. Orange, yellow and blue code for fire danger was issued for the rest of the country. The red code warns about possible strong fires, which spread quickly across..
Code red for highest fire danger was issued for fifteen Bulgarian districts on Tuesday, August 2. Bulgarian firefighters have been extinguishing a total of 709 fires in the past three days. Although fires are mostly associated with the summer heat,..