Firefighters at a meeting to fight the forest fire in the Lieberoser Heide Photo: dpa
From BZ/dpa
The forest fire in the Lieberoser Heide in Brandenburg has spread to 30 hectares.
Reasons are a changing wind direction and the great drought, said a spokeswoman for the Dahme-Spreewald district on Tuesday afternoon. A total of 215 firefighters were deployed to put out the fire.
Since the area is polluted with ammunition, the fire brigade could not enter the area, but could only extinguish it from the edges. A helicopter was also used to extinguish the fire from the air.
Fire brigade forces are meeting near the site in the Lieberoser Heide Photo: dpa
On Tuesday morning, the operations management had spoken of a 13-hectare fire area.
“The emergency services have the situation on site under control,” said a spokeswoman for the Dahme-Spreewald district on Tuesday. There is no danger for the population either. District Administrator Stephan Loge, who got an idea of the situation himself, said: “Experience over the past few years shows us that the fire is insidious due to the imponderables and the high level of drought.”
The forest fire broke out on Monday.
