Firefighting Efforts Continue in Pirin as Other Blazes Across Bulgaria Are Contained

Efforts to fully put out the fire in the Pirin Mountains are still underway, despite the blaze having been localized. Fire crews continue working on extinguishing smoldering tree trunks and scattered hotspots, with expectations that these final remnants will be dealt with over the course of the day.

Separately, authorities managed to bring under control the fire that erupted at the landfill near the village of Shishmantsi in the Plovdiv region....