Bulgarian Army Puts Out Greek-Imported Wildfire
Bulgarian Army Puts Out Greek-Imported Wildfire
02 December 2011
published by http://www.novinite.com
Bulgaria — 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.