A young man has died after being struck by lightning near the town of Kresna in south-western Bulgaria.
Emergency services received a report of the incident at around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 4.
The victim was carrying out work along the Kresna bypass road when weather conditions deteriorated.

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According to the press office of the Ministry of Interior in Blagoevgrad, another worker who was with him at the time of the incident was unharmed.
A yellow weather warning for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms was in force across Blagoevgrad Province on Thursday.
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