Royak

Royak Рояк
Village
Royak Location in Bulgaria
Coordinates: 43°05′08″N 27°22′57″E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Varna Province
Municipality	Dalgopol Municipality
Area
• Total	18.47 km^2 (7.13 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	263
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Royak is a village in Dalgopol Municipality, in Varna Province, eastern Bulgaria.[2]

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.[3][4] 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.”[5][6]

A three-day national mourning 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, Pernik Province.[5][7] Approximately a month after the fire, on 21 December 2021, four youths were given the Presidential Medal of Honor by President Rumen Radev for their efforts to save the nursing home's residents from the flames.[8]

See also

• List of villages in Bulgaria

References

1. "Bulgaria: Rojak". City Population. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
2. "Village Royak". Guide Bulgaria. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
3. ""Абсолютна трагедия". Как пожар в старчески дом отне живота на 9 души". Свободна Европа (in Bulgarian). 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
4. "Nine elderly residents killed in fire at Bulgarian nursing home". euronews. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
5. "Fire at nursing home in Bulgaria kills 9 people". Reuters. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
6. "Blaze at nursing home in Bulgaria kills 9; cause unknown". AP News. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
7. Smith, Helena (2021-11-23). "Bulgaria bus crash kills at least 46 people". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
8. БЛИЦ (2021-12-21). "Тези момчета се хвърлиха в огъня, за да спасяват старци в Рояк, а днес..." Blitz.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-10-23.