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The defendant received a suspended sentence for the fire in the Kresnen Gorge in 2017.

A three-member panel of the District Court in Blagoevgrad confirmed the verdict of the District Court - Blagoevgrad, by which the defendant for K.M.

was found guilty of causing a fire by negligence, the district court announced. 

The man was sued for having set fire to foreign property with a total value of nearly BGN 34 million, in the Simitli and Kresna municipalities, on August 24, 2017, in an area on the land of the Simitli village of Mechkul, by throwing an unextinguished cigarette into the dry grass.

The act caused significant damages with a total value of more than BGN 6.1 million, the court stated. 

A panel of the District Court in Blagoevgrad confirmed the punishment imposed on the defendant "imprisonment" for a period of two years, with a 5-year probationary period. 

Suspended sentence for a driver who caused the death of an 85-year-old woman in Shumensko

The District Court in Blagoevgrad left without consideration the private appeal filed by the Ministry of Agriculture against a decision of the District Court - Blagoevgrad, dated May 9, 2022, from an injunctive hearing, which refused to constitute the private appellant as a civil plaintiff in the criminal proceedings and the civil claim brought against the defendant K.M. was not accepted for consideration. 

The court in Blagoevgrad states that the decision is final and not subject to appeal or protest. 

The fire, which raged for several days in August 2017, affected a huge area.

Hundreds of firefighters were involved in extinguishing the fire, and helicopters flooded the fires.

Due to the elements, it was necessary to evacuate the residents of the high mountain village of Vlahi, Kresna municipality. 

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