Firefighters put out 59 fires across Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, the Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate said on its website. One person died.

Crews responded to 89 calls about incidents.

Of the fires, 22 caused direct property damage, including 10 in homes and 7 in vehicles. The other 37 did no damage.

Firefighters were also called out 22 times for rescue and assistance work, four of them to vehicle crashes.

Eight of the calls were false alarms.