Situation in the forest fire relaxed: evacuation lifted
Created: 06/24/2022, 21:24
In the case of the large forest fire on the border between Saxony and Brandenburg, the situation relaxed significantly late on Friday evening.
The emergency services managed to get the flames under control to such an extent that further danger to the evacuated locations of Kröbeln and Kosilenzien could be largely ruled out, the Elbe-Elster district said on Friday evening.
Mühlberg/Zeithain – The evacuation was therefore lifted at 9 p.m.
According to the district, the fire in the Gohrischheide area in Saxony had spread to Brandenburg over the course of the day due to the unfavorable wind conditions.
In the afternoon, therefore, the major damage situation was declared, and Kosilenzien and Kröbeln were evacuated.
Around 800 hectares were at times in flames.
The extinguishing work was made more difficult because some of the areas involved were munitions and the areas could not be entered.
According to the fire brigade, the situation on the Saxon side had relaxed a little earlier.
There are no longer any large-scale flames and the fire is under control for the time being, said operations manager Matthias Heydel from the Zeithain fire brigade on Friday evening.
dpa