Police have detained a 34-year-old local man with a criminal record over an attempt to set fire to wooden building materials outside a property on Stroitelna Street in the village of Zidarovo, Sozopol municipality. It happened on the night of 9 November. Burgas regional police announced the arrest. Damage is minimal.

The attempt took place around 02:20 outside No. 18, but Sozopol police got a report only around 13:30, almost 11 hours later. At that point it was not clear who was behind it.

How the story began: Fire in a house in Sokolovo, probably from a faulty radiator

After checks, officers traced the man, who lives next to the site of the attempted arson. He can be held for up to 24 hours. Sozopol police are handling the case.

In Sokolovo, near Karnobat, the house of a 57-year-old local man caught fire on Monday around 13:40. Karnobat police got the report ten minutes after the one from Zidarovo. On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry named the likely cause of the fire.

The blaze started on the second floor, in a room with a convector radiator mounted on the wall. Early findings point to the radiator as the source. The most likely cause is a technical fault in the device.

No injuries have been reported. Pre-trial proceedings have started over the fire. Damage has not yet been assessed.