One person was injured in 28 fires that crews put out across Bulgaria over the past 24 hours. Firefighters answered 144 calls, the Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate General said.

In 15 of the fires there was direct property damage: seven were in homes and three in vehicles. The other 13 fires caused no damage. Five of them were burning rubbish and six started in cooking appliances.

Firefighters also took part in 101 rescue and assistance operations. Six were at road crashes and three were to help injured people. In 91 cases they gave technical help: in 34 they assisted other Interior Ministry units, and in 21 they removed dangerous objects.

There were 15 false alarms.