Wildfires in Brandenburg and Saxony

In Brandenburg and Saxon Switzerland, burning forests maintain the emergency providers in suspense. Lots of of individuals needed to be dropped at security. animals perished. Rail site visitors within the Elbe-Elster district was partially interrupted.

The hearth brigade in Brandenburg continues to battle towards the big forest fireplace within the Elbe-Elster district. The state of affairs is “very tense,” stated a spokesman for the hearth division of the dpa information company. The hearth is just not but underneath management. It’s nonetheless burning in an space of ​​800 hectares.

The Kölsa settlement within the city of Falkenberg (Elster) is especially affected. When combating the hearth with round 400 emergency providers, seven emergency providers have been injured, six of them needed to be taken to the hospital. The cities of Kölsa, Kölsa-Siedlung and Rehfeld, which belong to the city of Falkenberg/Elster, have been evacuated. Round 700 persons are affected.

The choice to evacuate the district of Lönnewitz, which belongs to the city of Mühlberg, and the district of Marxdorf, which belongs to the municipality of Vierlinden, must be made in the course of the course of the day, stated a spokeswoman for the district.

The hearth had unfold inside a really brief time on Monday. The district categorized the hearth as a significant injury state of affairs. As well as, a piglet farm burned down. Many animals died in consequence. The precise quantity was initially not clear.

“The foremost fireplace continues to unfold dynamically,” warned the district. The gusts of wind would make the extinguishing work “considerably” harder and typically even “unimaginable”. Combating the hearth may take a number of days. For Tuesday, amongst different issues, helicopters from the Bundeswehr and a helicopter from the police have been requested, stated Deputy Forest Hearth Safety Officer Philipp Haase.

Rail site visitors interrupted

As a result of forest fireplace within the Elbe-Elster district, Deutsche Bahn has interrupted rail site visitors between Leipzig and Cottbus. The part between Torgau and Falkenberg on line RE10 is affected, stated a railway spokesman.

Areas north of Berlin close to Gransee are additionally affected. There, the hearth brigade within the district of Oberhavel fought a hearth on round 60 hectares of fields and forests. This could possibly be contained, stated the forest fireplace safety knowledgeable. Round 100 emergency providers have been on website.

Hearth in Saxon Switzerland

A forest fireplace that broke out within the Czech Nationwide Park Bohemian Switzerland unfold within the Saxon Switzerland Nationwide Park. Vacationers have been urged to keep away from the Hintere Sächsische Schweiz space. There may be hazard to life and limb, stated the Saxon Switzerland-Japanese Ore Mountains district workplace. A catastrophe alarm had been triggered for Dangerous Schandau. There are at present 5 deployment websites across the Großer Winterberg.

Greater than 250 firefighters and members of the federal and state police are on responsibility. Water cannons and two helicopters are additionally used to battle the hearth. “Our large downside is the wind,” stated a spokesman for the Saxon Switzerland-Japanese Ore Mountains district workplace, referring to the unfold of the hearth.

Whereas on Monday there was nonetheless a excessive threat of forest fires in some elements of Germany – particularly within the east – this could lower on Tuesday in keeping with the forest fireplace threat index of the German Climate Service.

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