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Mountain search and rescue operation for missing skier resumed in Rila

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More than 10 mountain rescuers and two dogs have resumed yesterday’s search and rescue operation for a 34-year old man from Sofia who went missing in the Kartala ski zone in Mount Rila.

The man was reported missing at around 6 PM last night. The search of a huge permiter above the ski run, the pathways and furrows used by freeriders has not yielded results. Yesterday there was an avalanche in the area, BNR’s correspondent in Blagoevgrad Keti Trencheva reports.  




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