A fire burns in a poultry farm in the Chirpan village of Svoboda near the railway station, reported Senior Inspector Mihail Mihov, head of the "Operational Center" group at the Regional Directorate "Fire Safety and Population Protection" in Stara Zagora, quoted by BTA.
"The entire building of the poultry farm is burning, it is habitable. There were about 30,000 birds in it," Mihov said.
A signal about the incident was received at 10.04 a.m. Two fire trucks were sent to the scene by the regional service in Chirpan. There is no danger to the population or nearby buildings. The firefighting will continue for a long time, the fire department added.
The thick smoke is visible from the "Trakia" highway, but no traffic restrictions have been imposed.