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An employee of the Regional Office "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" in Pleven was injured (on July 19) while extinguishing a fire in waste and dry grass in the land of the village of Pelishat, reports the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Pleven. 

The 34-year-old firefighter was taken to the Emergency Medical Center.

He suffered a non-life-threatening injury to one eye.

The Ministry of the Interior in Pleven reports that a total of 18 fires broke out in the district yesterday, caused by human negligence.

A 72-year-old man from the village of Brenitsa was also injured in such a fire, who received burns on his hands and face.

A big fire broke out near a gas station in Kazanlak

The victim explained that he had set fire to dry grass, but the fire also engulfed the neighboring property of his uninhabited property.

The case is being investigated.

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