Large Scale Fire at TPP-Sliven, the Extinction of the Flames Continues

A big fire broke out last night at the District Heating Company - Sliven, and the extinguishing continues. According to information from the last minute, a fire is burning in the "Druzhba" quarter of Sofia. It is supposed that the flames are caused by the ignition of tires. Above the neighborhood there is thick dark smoke.

And in Sliven - three fire brigades fought the element because of the strong wind that was increasing the flames.

The fire has covered bales of straw stored on the territory of the thermal power plant as a bio fuel, explained to NOVA the spokesperson of the Directorate of the Ministry of Interior - Sliven Parvoleta Mandinska.

There is no information about injured people.

"I personally have no suspicion of deliberate arson, and I believe it is the strong wind and nearby electric conductors, and we have had such cases again," said Commissioner Vladimir Demirev of Sliven.

He explained that the very nature of the fire is such that flames can not be extinguished. "The straw itself must first burn out," Demirev explained.

At the same time, two more fires broke out - in the warehouses of the factory "Dinamo" and ZMM plant in Sliven. Electronic components have caught on fire at both locations.

The fires are already localized, announced the regional governor of Sliven district Chavdar Bozhurski, quoted by BGNES.

Firefighters from Sliven, Yambol and Nova Zagora have been involved in the suppression of flames. All night, the fire-fighting teams were spraying coal and surrounding buildings with water to prevent a fire in the TPP itself.

The heat plant continues to burn straw bales, and in the warehouses of one of the factories there is no information about what is burned.

The turbulent wind, which...