Original title: Bulgaria mourns the victims of two accidents
Xinhua news agency, Sofia, November 23 - the Bulgarian caretaker cabinet announced on the 23rd that the 24th would be a national day of mourning to mourn the victims of the nursing home fire and the bus fire that occurred before the day.
The caretaker cabinet announced that on the day of national mourning on the 24th, the national flag will be lowered at half mast.
On the 22nd, a fire broke out in a nursing home in Varna, Eastern Bulgaria, killing 9 people; On the 23rd, a bus caught fire on the strouma highway in Western Bulgaria, killing at least 45 people, including 12 minors. The bus involved in the accident belongs to a tourism company in northern Macedonia.
Visiting Prime Minister zaev of northern Macedonia said after meeting with Prime Minister yanev of Bulgaria's caretaker cabinet on the 23rd that northern Macedonia will hold national mourning for the victims of the bus fire accident. Zaev said that the bus started from Turkey and planned to go to northern Macedonia through Bulgaria. Yanev said that there were not only citizens of northern Macedonia, but also citizens of other countries on the bus.