Balgarianovinite.com Air quality readings after the fire at a waste processing facility in Sofia’s Lyulin borough are very good and have improved over the past 24 hours, Sofia Municipality Climate, Energy and Air Directorate Director Marin Marinov said at a briefing on Saturday.
Marinov said the air is currently clean, with readings far better than on a normal summer day and no trend of deterioration. Sofia Municipality will not take further measures or issue an advisory for vulnerable groups, he added.
Since Friday, data from the mobile monitoring station deployed at the site in Lyulin have shown isolated readings that pose no risk to the public. “They have been checked, validated and processed,” Marinov said. The smell reported by residents is due to firefighting efforts on Friday and may come from residual soot, but the data have improved every hour since Saturday morning, he explained.
Regarding elevated benzene levels in the area, Marinov said benzene had not reached concentrations higher than those usually recorded in the winter months. The only way to identify the location of the smoke plume from the fire is to track benzene readings, as they are the only indicators that can be monitored, he added.
Ivan Andriyanov, acting head of the Air Department at Sofia Municipality’s Climate, Energy and Air Directorate, also took part in the briefing.
The fire broke out on July 1 at a waste treatment facility operated by Ecobulpak. Firefighters found two plastic recycling warehouses ablaze, and six fire engines, a hazardous materials unit and an ambulance were sent to the scene. Ecobulpak said the likely cause was batteries or pressurized aerosol containers mixed in with incoming waste, and there were no injuries. The Environment Ministry later said air quality remained within legal limits after the fire. Air Quality in Lyulin Improves After Waste Facility Fire 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-04 06:45:23 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law