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Fire danger in Bulgaria remains high

Photo: Keti Trencheva

Code red over extreme fire danger was declared in 12 Bulgarian districts (Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Dobrich, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv, Pazardzhik and Blagoevgrad)) on Monday. The massive wildfire that occurred in Kresna Gorge and burnt 1.700 hectares of forests and grass fields flared up again on Sunday night. 600 people from the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, firefighters, forest officials and volunteers have been attempting to extinguish the flames on Monday morning. No danger was declared for the local population.




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