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Snowboarder Rescued after Avalanche in Bansko
Snowboarder was rescued after an avalanche off the slopes in Bansko, announced the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) Chairman Hristo Grigorov.
He specified that "the incident happened this morning." Snowboarder has entered a chalet in Bansko area and the avalanche has fallen over him.
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Excellent Conditions For Mountain Tourism
Excellent conditions for hiking in the mountains. This was reported for FOCUS News Agency by Mountain Rescue Service . The weather in the mountains is calm, quiet, with temperatures higher than usual for the season.
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Nearly 50 People Died in a Bus Crash in Peru
At least 48 people were killed in a bus crash in Peru, the BNR said, citing the agencies. 57 people traveled to Lima capital on a bus that was struck by a tractor and plunged into a rocky beach, moving on a dangerous stretch of highway called the Devil's Arc. On-site rescue teams continue to remove bodies of perished.
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Bulgarian Firefighters Protest on Saturday
If their requests are not heard, they warn with joint protests with the police next year, during the European presidency, reported bTV.
Firefighters have fought against the frozen income in the system and the inadequate policy of the Government.
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Rescuers Have Found the Body of the Girl Who Drowned in Bulgaria's Sunny Beach
Rescuers have found the body of a girl from the Czech Republic, who drowned in Bulgaria's Sunny Beach resort on Thursday, Czech television NOVA reported on Saturday, citing the Czech ambassador to Bulgaria Dušan Štrauch, quoted by Radio Praha.
The 11-year-old girl, reportedly of Vietnamese origin, drowned after she had been carried away by a strong underwater currant.
Italy avalanche: ‘Many dead’ found in hotel hit by avalanche in Abruzzo after powerful earthquakes
An avalanche has buried a mountain hotel in the earthquake-hit region of Abruzzo, central Italy, with up to 30 people feared missing under the snow.
The civil protection agency said on Thursday morning that they were working to get rescue vehicles to the Hotel Rigopiano through roads covered in snow, joining initial rescue efforts overnight by alpine rescue teams.
30 missing in central Italy avalanche that buries hotel
An avalanche buried a mountain hotel in an earthquake-hit region of central Italy, leaving at least 30 people missing, authorities said on Jan. 19.
Rescuers Save Three Tourists Injured in Descent of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountain
The three tourists, who had been lightly injured during their descent of Vihren peak in Bulgaria's Pirin mountain on Tuesday, were rescued in the early hours on Wednesday.
For more than ten hours mountain rescuers attempted to find and transport the two men and a woman, who were not well-equipped for winter conditions.
Migrant woman saved from Rhodes shipwreck names son after rescuer
The Eritrian migrant whose photos splashed across the world’s press after she was saved by a Greek rescuer when her boat sank off Rhodes decided to name her son Antonios (Anthony), after her rescuer. The young woman, who gave birth on Thursday, was just one of 200 people on the boat that sank off Rhodes on April 20.
Two Bulgarians Fall Victim to Bad Weather Conditions
Two Bulgarians fell victims to the bad weather conditions in different parts of the country on Monday.
Thus the total number of victims increased to five after three snowboarders were killed by an avalanche in Pirin mountain on Sunday.
A man from the village of Gorna Kula, near the southern town of Krumovgrad, was found lying dead in the snow.