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City fire chief: Forest fire will continue for days to come

2023-06-04T10:54:24.991Z

Highlights: Firefighters can't get close enough to the fires because the area is contaminated with old ammunition. "This will continue for days," said city fire chief and head of operations Rico Valentin. On two flanks, however, the fire could be stopped. Strips of land had been irrigated. Aerial exploration with drones will also continue on Sunday. In addition, the Jüterbog fire brigade is also busy on Sunday with extinguishing work due to another forest fire in the Zinna forest.



A drone footage shows rising smoke from a forest fire in an ammunition-contaminated area near Jüterbog (Teltow-Fläming). © District of Teltow Fläming/dpa

The fire brigade is preparing for the fact that the operation against the forest fire on a former military training area near Jüterbog will take days. Firefighters can't get close enough to the fires because the area is contaminated with old ammunition. "This will continue for days," said city fire chief and head of operations Rico Valentin on Sunday.

Jüterbog - The fire continues to spread, and smoke development is also increasing again.

In the course of Saturday, the affected area expanded to around 150 hectares - but it is not burning everywhere, it is only the total size of the affected area on the former military training area. By way of comparison, the park area of Sanssouci in Potsdam has around 300 hectares, while Berlin's Mauerpark is about 15 hectares in size.

"The fire is too far away to reach anything with our water cannons," Valentin said. On two flanks, however, the fire could be stopped. Strips of land had been irrigated. Aerial exploration with drones will also continue on Sunday.

In addition, the Jüterbog fire brigade is also busy on Sunday with extinguishing work due to another forest fire in the Zinna forest. Around 4 hectares were affected, said city fire chief Valentin. He suspects arson. From a bicycle path, it had burned left and right again and again, Valentin described. Dpa

Source: merkur

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