site.btaUPDATED Fire Burning in Greece Nears Border with Bulgaria

A fire burning in Greece is nearing the border with Bulgaria. Forestry officials from the State Forestry in Katuntsi and Gotse Delchev, as well as firefighters, are at the border with Greece to try to prevent the fire raging above Slavyanka from entering, reported the Southwest State Enterprise on its Facebook page.

The fire is about a kilometer and a half from the Bulgarian border, Katuntsi State Forestry  Director engineer Plamen Poyukov told BTA.

For now, the fire is on Greek territory, but it is close to this country. Two helicopters and a plane are involved in effortds to put it out. The Bulgarian forest officials have been making clearings and clearing the terrain since 5 am in order to limit the fire's entry into Bulgaria, the publication also sted.

Last week, a fire that was burning on the border with the Republic of North Macedonia, in Mount Ograzhden, also entered Bulgaria.

Fire Safety and Protection of the Population Director Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov  said in a BNT interview that there is no possibility foir the Bulgarian teams working to prevent the fire from entering the country to cross the border, as there is a danger of mines left over from the wars in the specific section. He pointed out that it is hypothetically possible that there are no mines, but when a potential problem is indicated,  the first order of business is to protect the teams.