Firefighters put out 69 fires across Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, and one person was injured. The Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate at the Interior Ministry said the figures are as of 6:00am today.

Fire crews responded to 101 calls in all.

Only 11 of the fires caused direct property damage: five in homes and four in vehicles. The other 58 caused no damage. In 29 cases, dry grass, forest litter and bushes burned. In 26, rubbish burned, and one fire was in a field of crop stubble.

Firefighters also carried out 25 rescue and assistance operations. Four were at road crashes and one at an industrial accident. The rest were help for various agencies, institutions and members of the public.

There were seven false alarms.