‘The elderly,whose homes are everything for them,wept. They were so worried,but everything is under control for now,their houses are preserved.’
Emergency volunteer Zvezdelin Vlaykov stressed that in all his years of firefighting,he has never seen anything like it.
He added: ‘It’s a merciless tragedy.’
This comes as two men were charged with terrorism offences after allegedly deliberately setting fires in the cities of Veliko Turnovo and Sliven.
The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the charges have been escalated from simple arson to crimes under Chapter One of the Criminal Code.
Bulgaria is the most affected country by fires for 2024-2025 in the EU,with more that 38,000 square miles affected.
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