Firefighters put out 72 fires across Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, and one person was hurt, the Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate at the Interior Ministry said. The figures run to 6am.

Crews answered 101 calls about incidents.

Eleven of the fires caused direct property damage. Homes were hit in 5 cases and vehicles in 2.

The other 61 fires did no damage. Dry grass, forest litter and bushes burned in 31 of them, waste in 21 and stubble fields in 4.

Firefighters also took part in 27 rescue and assistance operations. Four were at vehicle crashes and one was at a fault on the power grid. In the rest, they helped other services, agencies and members of the public.

Two of the calls were false alarms.