Slavyanka

A new fire erupted late last night in Slavyanka Mountain, specifically below Tsarev Peak, according to the Southwest State Enterprise (YZDP). The likely cause of the blaze is a lightning strike, as reported by BTA.

The National Meteorological Service Meteo has released satellite images showing the progression of a forest fire burning for 29 days on Mount Orvilos in Serres, Greece, near the Bulgarian border.

The European Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service provided images for the first 27 days.

Panagiotis Karipoglou, president of the Serres Bar Association, will file a complaint with the chief prosecutor over the ongoing fire on Mount Orvilos, near Greece's northern border with Bulgaria.

The wildfire in Slavyanka Mountain, which straddles the border between Bulgaria and Greece, has moved to a new location. Today, efforts to control and extinguish the blaze involve firefighters, foresters, and military personnel.

Two of the three fire fronts in the Slavyanka mountain region along the Bulgarian-Greek border have been contained. The third outbreak, which emerged yesterday on the western front, continues to pose significant challenges for firefighters. The blaze is at its peak, and only aerial support is currently effective in managing the situation.

A new outbreak of the significant fire in the Greek part of the Slavyanka mountain has crossed into Bulgarian territory, expanding the fire's perimeter on the Bulgarian side, report BNR and BNT.

Firefighters are battling major blazes in several Bulgarian mountain regions, including Pirin, Slavyanka, and Maleshev. In Pirin, the fire has spread across approximately 6,000 decares of coniferous forest. Despite current low-lying activity with 10 active outbreaks, the situation remains volatile, with strong winds potentially exacerbating the fire.

Efforts to battle the three major forest fires in Southwestern Bulgaria, which intensified yesterday, are ongoing. Most resources today will be concentrated on containing the blaze in Pirin above the village of Senokos, where flight equipment will also be deployed.

A wildfire that broke out on July 18 on Mount Orvilos (known as Slavyanka in Bulgaria) along the Greek-Bulgarian border in Serres has been burning for 14 days as of Wednesday.

The situation remains complicated with the fires in Maleshevska Mountain, Strumyani, and Slavyanka Mountain, as both fronts remain active. Commissioner Valentin Vassilev, regional director of the fire department in Blagoevgrad, reported that about 6,000 decares of state forest territory and over 3,000 decares of agricultural land have been affected in Maleshevo Mountain.