Two patients lost their lives in an explosion of the Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine Pirogov in Sofia. The blast and the fire that broke out in the internal diseases department are probably due to accident with oxygen bottle or malfunction of the system providing oxygen flow to the patients. Eight fire brigades and a rescue team which were immediately sent to the place of the incident managed to localize and extinguish the fire. Nearly 100 patients were evacuated from the hospital. The authorities launched investigation of the case.
Plovdiv will offer concerts, bazaars and an ice park for the Christmas and New Year holidays to its citizens and guests, the municipality has announced. Mayor Kostadin Dimitrov will light the Christmas tree in front of the Plovdiv Municipality..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from 3° to 19°C, with eastern areas reaching 15–19°C and Sofia around 6°C. The day will be cloudy with widespread rain. Heavy rainfall is expected in western regions overnight and in central and southern..
“Solutions for achieving peace in Ukraine must be based on fundamental principles of the UN Charter, such as sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.” This was stated by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev at the informal video..
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