Fire in Grunewald: "Smaller fires" in the restricted area

Created: 08/05/2022 08:23

A police water cannon drives to Grunewald to support a forest fire.

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According to the fire brigade, parts of the fire in Berlin's Grunewald have been extinguished - but the blasting site is still a big problem.

"There are still smaller fires in the restricted area on the ground," said fire brigade spokesman Thomas Kirstein on Friday morning.

These are "a few places, this is not a large area with great intensity".

The freshening of the wind is unfavorable because there is a risk that the fire will flare up again.

Berlin – The fire brigade wrote on Twitter: “We have to expect that detonations and debris will continue to fly.” Early on Friday morning, further special technology arrived to help explore the exclusion zone, said Kirstein.

These are three remote-controlled robots that could penetrate deeper into the area.

Armored vehicles that could extinguish the fire were also brought.

On Thursday, the emergency services had drawn a restricted circle of around 1,000 meters around the blasting site where the fire broke out.

The first extinguishing work was carried out within the security zone late Thursday afternoon.

The fire brigade had watered the adjacent forest areas to make it more difficult for the flames to spread.

dpa