![]() We still have pockets of fire, local district fire chief Steffen Ludewig told DPA.įurther southeast, firefighters from several countries have joined forces to battle a fire in a national park in the northern Czech Republic that has spread to the state of Saxony in neighbouring Germany. More than 350 firefighters were battling the flames and around 300 people from various villages had to be evacuated. Two German military firefighting helicopters were on site trying to extinguish the flames from the air because firefighters were not allowed to access the area for fear that the ammunition could explode.Īuthorities said it was not clear when the fire could be brought under control. The state's explosive ordnance disposal service has designated a small area near the village of Rehfeld as a site where old ammunition could be buried, deputy forest fire protection officer Philipp Haase told DPA. No residents were injured, but a pig breeding farm burned down and several animals died. ![]() Seven firefighters were injured, four of whom had to be treated in a hospital for smoke inhalation. The large fire in the Elbe-Elster district has already destroyed an area of about 850 hectares and continued to spread quickly because of gusty winds blowing from changing directions. Prague, Jul 26 (AP): Hundreds of firefighters were battling wildfires in eastern Germany and neighbouring Czechia on Tuesday as tourist regions and residential areas were being evacuated.Ī large wildfire was spreading quickly in the eastern German state of Brandenburg in a region with lots of bone-dry pine forests where firefighters have to be especially careful because of old World War II ammunition that's still buried there, German news agency DPA reported.
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