Firefighters put out 72 fires across Bulgaria over the past 24 hours, with no deaths or injuries, the Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate said.

Crews also responded to 103 calls for other incidents.

Sixteen of the fires caused direct property damage. Eight homes, four vehicles and one industrial building burned. One more fire was in the category "forest areas, outdoor facilities and other".

The other 56 fires caused no damage. Most of them, 31, were in dry grass, forest litter and bushes. Another 19 were in waste, 4 were in the "other" category, and there was one each in stubble and in cooking appliances and chimneys.

Besides the fires, firefighters carried out 29 rescue and assistance operations, 7 of them at vehicle crashes.

Two calls turned out to be false alarms.