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A forest fire in the Lieberoser Heide had to be fought back in 2019
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A forest fire has broken out over an area of six hectares on an area contaminated with ammunition in the Lieberoser Heide in southern Brandenburg.
As reported by the Dahme-Spreewald district, emergency services cannot enter the heavily ammunition-loaded area because explosive ordnance in the ground and the wind made extinguishing operations difficult.
That's why a helicopter was used to extinguish the fire from the air.
»Due to the unfavorable wind conditions, the fire is spreading.
We are working with all our strength to fight the fire," said operations manager Christian Liebe, according to the announcement.
"Major disaster" identified
The fire was classified in the afternoon as a "major damage situation".
Localities and people are not in danger, the district said.
Around a hundred emergency services from several fire brigades are deployed.
In the Dahme-Spreewald district, the forest fire warning level is 4 and thus the second highest level.
At the end of June 2019, a fire raged on 100 hectares of the former military training area in the Lieberoser Heide.
In the state of Brandenburg, explosive ordnance from the Second World War is still suspected to be on 350,000 hectares.
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