A large fire in the area of the village of Shuma has been extinguished, announced Radostlav Asenov, Mayor of Godetch Municipality. The fire affected about 150 decares of forests, dry grass and shrubs, as well as two buildings.
The cause of the fire is still unknown
The mayor pointed out that the reason for the outbreak of the fire is not yet clarified at this moment. Two teams from "Fire Safety" in Godetch, one from Sofia and one from Svoге participated in extinguishing it.
Massive mobilization to control the flames
In addition to the fire department teams, the municipal administration with water carriers and an excavator, several private water carriers, trucks and tractors, and many volunteers from Godetch and Sofia were involved in extinguishing the fire.
Use of drones to determine trajectory
Drones were also used in the firefighting effort to determine the trajectory, explained the mayor. He expressed gratitude to the director of the Regional Directorate "Fire Safety and Civil Protection" senior commissioner Georgi Ivanov for the timely rapid actions.
Thanks were also expressed to the police teams who controlled traffic towards all approaches to the fire. Mayor Asenov also thanked the many volunteers who responded with equipment, and those without equipment joined in extinguishing the fire.
The signal about the fire was received at 14:32, announced from the Main Directorate "Fire Safety and Civil Protection" (GДПБЗН).