Some of the Bulgarians who survived the ferry fire near the Greek island of Corfu have returned home. The group included people from Petrich, Sofia, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv. There were 33 trucks of a Plovdiv company on the ferry, it was..
“Seven Bulgarians are still missing after the fire which broke out on a ferry off Corfu,” Deputy Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova stated at a briefing. In her words, another 2 out of the 12 people missing are also thought to be Bulgarian...
Nine people have died in a fire at a nursing home in the village of Royak, Dalgopol Municipality, the mayor of Dalgopol Georgi Georgiev told the BNR. The fire started from an electric boiler and engulfed the roof of the building. 49 residents..
A fire broke out over the Water Tower in Karlovo, which covered a coniferous forest, BNT reports. Fire crews are already on the scene. Forestry employees also went there. According to the director of the forestry in Karlovo Zlatyu Klichev, the terrain is..
The m assive fire which broke out in the emblematic Dome buidling in the central part of Blagoevgrad (Southwestern Bulgaria) has been brought under control. The fire destroyed part of the building in the morning hours of September 5. No people were..
A fire which broke out yesterday in Rila Mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria, affected 1.5 hectares of pine forest, announced the Director of the General Directorate of Fire Safety Chief Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov. In his words, firefighters already have..
Despite the high temperatures and the strong wind today, there have been no signals for fires. Before BNR Blagoevgrad, the director of the Southwestern State Enterprise, Eng. Damyan Damyanov, clarified that the fire in the Republic of North Macedonia is..
Extreme fire hazard index is in force for territories in 8 districts of Bulgaria today . The warning applies to the districts of Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Yambol and Burgas . In the event of an extreme..
Bulgaria currently has only one helicopter for putting out forest fires, and two more helicopters will be available within ten days, Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said in parliament today. For now, the fight against the disaster..
On August 5, a day of mourning was declared in the municipalities of Petrich, Sandanski and Kresna in memory of the two foresters who lost their lives combating a fire near the village of Petrovo. Following the escalation of fires in the..
