A firefighter fights a fire near Joachimsthal Photo: spreepicture
By Dirk Boettger
On Sunday there were several small forest fires in Brandenburg, including near Joachimsthal (Barnim) and in Großziethen (Dahme-Spreewald).
► According to the forest fire protection officer Raimund Engel blazed Joachimsthal (Barnim) a fire in an area of five acres. According to the regional control center, around 15 fire brigades were on site.
► Also at Baruth In the district of Teltow-Fläming there was a fire on 4000 square meters of forest.
► The south of Brandenburg was also affected. In grandfather A fire broke out, the extent of the fire was still unclear.
The fire brigade in the forest near Joachimsthal Photo: spreepicture
► In Grossziethen In the district of Dahme-Spreewald, a small forest on Rudower Allee is currently on fire, the fire brigade has the fire under control.
According to Engel, it is already very dry in some regions due to a lack of precipitation, and gusty winds with relatively high temperatures are making the situation even more difficult.
According to him, there were 40 forest fires in March (same period last year: 132).