Efforts Intensify as New Fire Outbreak Crosses from Greece to Bulgaria

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.

Another transfer of the fire from Greece has opened a new perimeter of about 1,200 decares. Heavy bulldozers have already started creating wide clearings to limit the fire's spread, according to Plamen Poyukov, the director of forestry in Katuntsi....