Miro, 21: the firefighter who walks into the unknown

The story

Miro is 21, from Belogradchik. At 19 he applied to the fire service and became a firefighter. He came to Sofia alone, took out a loan and bought a flat. He also plays football – two firefighter teammates are the ones who told him about the job.

Shifts last 24 hours. The bell can ring at three in the morning and you don't know where you're going. Last summer he spent three days fighting a forest fire. "When you see the gratitude in people's eyes, it warms your heart," he says. He's in a hurry for training, we have 20 minutes. Enough for a textured crop with a fade.