Bansko

A huge avalanche has fallen over the right slope of the Pirin mountain near the Baderitsa hut.

After the accident one person has been left under the snow piles, witnesses reported.

Three skiers have died in an avalanche in the Prin mountain above the town of Razlog, in southwestern Bulgaria, 24 Chasa daily reported on Sunday.

Police have confirmed the death of three young men, aged 29, 34 and 38, all of them Bulgarian nationals, the daily said. BGNES news outlet reported earlier they were Greek nationals.

After the Super-G races at the Bulgarian ski resort Bansko were cancelled on Friday and Saturday on account of the heavy fog, a number of skiers complained about the harsh conditions and the FIS reaction on Sunday.

Despite the similar situation, ski federation made sure that the competition went ahead anyway, thus posing a danger to a number of skiers, Reuters reported.

The Austrian skier Anna Fenninger continued with her successful performance at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, which was held in the Bulgarian resort Bansko.

Fenninger won the Ladies Super Giant Slalom on Monday, recording a second successive victory in Bansko, after she won the Ladies Alpine Combined on Sunday.

Austria's Anna Fenninger won the Alpine Skiing World Cup Ladies Combined Race in Bulgaria's Bansko on Sunday witn a total time of 2 minutes 5.06 seconds from the two legs.

Overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia followed 0.39 seconds behind.

Kathrin Zettel of Austria was third with 2 minutes 6.12 seconds.

Austria's Anna Fenninger is leading after Run 1 of the Alpine Skiing World Cup - Ladies - Combined race in Bulgaria's Bansko witn one minute 12.73 seconds, followed by overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia with one minute 13.18 seconds.

Nicole Hosp of Austria and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin were both third with one minute 13.32 seconds each.

The second Super G race of the Alpine Skiing World Cup taking place in Bansko, Bulgaria, has been called off due to the thick fog.

This comes after Friday's weather conditions also imposed a reschedule, with the Friday event now set for Monday.

The Super Giant Slalom began at 11:15 EET (09:15 GMT), but came to a halt as fog fell and limited visibility.

The transformer of a Ski lift was set ablaze early on Saturday just before the beginning the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in the Bulgarian resort Bansko.

No-one has been injured.

The first of the three FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races, which was scheduled to start on Friday in the Bulgarian ski resort Bansko was postponed due to bad weather conditions.

The first of the two Ladies Super Giant Slalom races was scheduled to begin at midday, but a thick fog descended in the morning, daily Dnevnik reports.

Forecasts of Bulgaria's Tourism Ministry for the 2015 summer season point to a 3-4% growth in tourist numbers, according to Minister Nikolina Angelkova.