So far 11 people have died in the crashes on the Trakia motorway, and 46 injured people have been taken to hospitals, seven of them in Burgas, health minister Katya Ivkova told reporters.

The two pile-ups near Yambol happened today in thick fog. Burgas hospital sent three ambulances with medical teams and orthopedic doctors right away.

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Sliven has the most injured, 27. Another 12 were admitted in Yambol, and one of them died. Ivkova gave the figures earlier in Sliven, where she visited the hospital.

There is enough blood and blood products, and the arrangements were made early in the morning, the minister said. The National Centre of Transfusion Haematology had earlier called on people to give blood because of the crashes. But the blood centres later told the national centre that they have the amount needed. "I was at the hospital in Sliven a short while ago, and the director gave me no information about any need for blood donors," Ivkova said.

No hospital has asked another hospital or air transport for help. Air transport is available, and several hospitals are ready to take patients.

Relatives of the injured can ask about them on a hotline announced on the ministry's website. "At the moment I have no information about any calls from relatives of the injured in the crashes on the Trakia motorway," Ivkova said.

The ministry also has a separate emergency duty line, which is working now. Ivkova said staff there give information about patients.