Bulgarian Army Puts Out Greek-Imported Wildfire
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Two wildfires raged in Bulgaria on Friday. Photo by BGNES
Units from the Bulgarian armed forces have helped put out a wildfire that crossed into Bulgaria from Greece.
The fire entered Bulgaria near the village of Plovdivtsi, Rudozem Municipality, from a border area in Greece, in the Rhodope Mountains, Friday afternoon.
It was put out by local firefighters with the help of troops from the Smolyan military base.
In a separate incident, the Bulgarian Air Force used Mi-17 helicopters to combat a fire in the central part of the Balkan mountain (Stara Planina), in central Bulgaria.
A total of 48 metric tons of water were poured to put out the wildfire in 16 sorties.
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