Fire crews put out 42 fires in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, and one person died, according to data from the fire safety and civil protection directorate (GDPBZN) published on its website. Crews also responded to 75 calls about incidents.
The victim was a 74-year-old woman from the village of Tserovishte, in Omurtag municipality, Targovishte region. Her body was found in a room of a house owned by an 81-year-old man from the village. She lived with him, the regional police directorate in Targovishte said yesterday. A roof structure of about 200 sq m was destroyed.
Nine fires caused direct property damage, six of them in homes. The other 33 caused no damage.
Crews also carried out 26 rescue and assistance operations, four of them at car crashes.