The forest fire near Küps in the Kronach district has been extinguished. For this reason, the disaster that had been declared in the afternoon was lifted again. This was announced by a press spokesman for the Kronach district office at the request of BR24. However, the emergency services are still on site to fight individual embers. For this purpose, according to the spokesman, the ground is chopped up and flushed.
During the night, emergency services will also be on site to ensure that the wind does not reignite the fire. The fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon destroyed around two hectares of land, and no information can be given about the extent of the damage at this time.
According to the police, no injuries
In the afternoon, more than 300 emergency services were on site. The declaration of a disaster served to coordinate the relief workers more easily and relieve the firefighters of organizational work.
The fire broke out between the Küps districts of Burkersdorf and Emmersheim along district road 22 for reasons that have not yet been clarified. According to the police, no one was injured.
Situation in Brandenburg and Saxony still critical
Because of the persistent drought, it is currently occurring especially well in eastern Germany to severe forest fires. The situation in Brandenburg and Saxony is still extremely critical – the fires were still out of control on Tuesday afternoon. In Brandenburg, there was a fire in a forest and meadow area of 8.5 square kilometers – almost 1,200 soccer fields in size. Potsdam Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) got an idea of the situation on site. In the forest fire in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, the affected district triggered a disaster alarm.
Near Rehfeld in the Brandenburg Elbe-Elster district not far from the Saxon border, 450 emergency services fought against an 850-hectare fire on Tuesday. Wind gusts of up to 60 kilometers per hour were announced to the emergency services. Two Bundeswehr firefighting helicopters support the fire brigades from the air, three more were expected.