Intensive day for the fire department: 107 fires extinguished in the country
Over the past 24 hours, teams from the General Directorate "Fire Safety and Population Protection" responded to a total of 180 incident reports. As of 6:00 AM, the extinguishing of 107 fires has been confirmed, with unfortunately two people injured in the incidents.
Direct material damage was caused in 24 of the fires, while 83 cases occurred without any such damage.
Severe incidents with casualties
- Plovdiv: A 65-year-old man was injured in a gas cylinder fire. He has been hospitalized with burns.
- Blagoevgrad: While attempting to extinguish a dry grass fire near the Struma Motorway, a 64-year-old man sustained serious burns to his head, back, and limbs. The victim was urgently transported by air ambulance to "Pirogov" hospital.
Eight fire department teams, a local volunteer group, and a water tanker from the Sandanski municipality participated in extinguishing the fire near the Shell gas station at the 163rd km of the Struma Motorway.
Operational situation statistics
- Rescue operations performed: 69
- False alarms: 4