Royak is a village in
Dalgopol Municipality, in
Varna Province, eastern
Bulgaria.
Nursing home fire
On 22 November 2021, a fire at a local nursing home killed nine of its 58 elderly residents, while the rest were evacuated. An investigation was launched into the cause of the fire, although the Interior Ministry stated that the flames “started from the roof of the building.”
A three-day
national mourning
A national day of mourning is a day or days marked by mourning and memorial activities observed among the majority of a country's populace. They are designated by the national government. Such days include those marking the death or funeral of ...
was declared in the country in memory of the fire's victims and the forty-six people killed a day later in a
bus crash at
Bosnek
Bosnek ( ) is a village in western Bulgaria, located in Pernik Municipality of Pernik Province. It is known as the gateway for tourism into the karstic landscape of the Vitosha massif area. The village is downstream from a famous spring, called ...
,
Pernik Province.
Approximately a month after the fire, on 21 December 2021, four youths were given the Presidential Medal of Honor by
President Rumen Radev
Rumen Georgiev Radev ( bg, Румен Георгиев Радев ; born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former major general who is the current president of Bulgaria since 22 January 2017.
Radev previously served as higher command ...
for their efforts to save the nursing home's residents from the flames.
See also
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List of villages in Bulgaria
References
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Villages in Varna Province