A drone image from June 1 shows the forest fire in an area polluted by ammunition near Jüterbog (Teltow-Fläming) Photo: district of Teltow Fläming/dpa
From BZ/dpa
A major damage situation has been declared for the forest fire near Jüterbog south of Berlin.
This was confirmed by a spokesman for the operations management of the Teltow-Fläming district on Friday evening. The situation had “dramatized, so the major damage situation was declared.” First, the RBB had reported.
In the event of a major disaster, there is an “oversized use of forces and resources,” said the spokesman. There are currently 100 emergency services and 18 fire engines on site, and a drone is used to get a new overview of the fire area. Until now, the city of Jüterbog had been in charge of the operation, now the district of Teltow-Fläming is responsible.
After ten days, the firefighters had hoped that the forest fire would relax. But on Friday the freshening wind fanned it again. In the more than 600 hectare fire area, which consists of areas that have already been burned and burning areas, numerous extinguished areas are on fire again, said the head of the Jüterbog municipal regulatory office, Christiane Lindner-Klopsch, in the afternoon. At one point, the fire even spread to a previously intact forest area.
There has been a fire in the munitions-loaded area since May 31. The fire brigade cannot get to the source of the fire directly because of the risk of explosion on the former military training area.