Bulgarian Army Joins Efforts to Combat Expanding Fire in Rila Mountains

Today, the army will join efforts to extinguish the fire near Cherni Vrah in the Rila Mountains, which ignited on Thursday at an altitude of over 2,300 meters and has since grown, according to Chief Commissioner Alexander Zhartov, director of the Main Directorate "Fire Safety and Population Protection."

The challenging terrain makes it impossible to use equipment, requiring all firefighting efforts to be done by hand....