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Brandenburg Tens of hectares of forest in flames – Houses in danger and traffic jams
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Not far from the A9 near Fichtenwalde the flames developed dense smoke, the traffic was diverted. An initially announced compensation from Fichtenwalde is currently no longer planned.
The fire breaks out directly on the busy highway – and spreads quickly. Dozens of acres of pine forest are in flames. Locals of one place can breathe easily, at least for the moment.
D hectares of pine forest caught fire on Thursday, not far from Potsdam. About 200 firefighters fought against the flames and prevented them from spreading in the village of Fichtenwalde, as reported by the district, police and firefighters
In the evening, the special forces decided that 39, an initially planned evacuation was no longer necessary. "The danger is first banned," said the administrator of the Potsdam-Mittelmark vice-district, Christian Stein (CDU), the dpa. The forces controlled the flames, there was no danger that they reached the houses.
Continuing changing winds had made extinction more difficult. In the evening, a fire helicopter was used. Fichtenwalde, a district of the Asparagus town of Beelitz, has about 2800 inhabitants. According to Mayor Tilo Köhn, an evacuation would have affected about 200 to 300 inhabitants
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The forest fire required many motorway closures – also well on the highway 9 from Berlin to Leipzig on the Berlin ring, as the police announced. Congestion moved to Route 2, which connects Magdeburg to Berlin
Motorists spent hours in a traffic jam
According to the deputy district administrator, THW aids have provided pbadengers in the evening. The city of Potsdam was also very dense in the evening. Closures became necessary because dense clouds of smoke were a danger. In addition, the way for the forces of the highway should be kept free.
During the night, police said that Highway 9 had been released in the direction of Berlin, but the opposite direction remained blocked. In addition, Highway 10 is still blocked between the Potsdam and Werder triangles.
The 50 or so acres of forest on fire would be limited on many sides of the highways and the road of a gas pipeline, Stein said. Directly between the village and the fire, a bike path pbades, where firefighters with a wall of water prevents the spread of flames. All firefighters were engaged in the evening to prevent the flames from spreading to the village. The forces were also exchanged after several hours of use, aid from the neighboring Havelland district came to
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We are in the middle of the summer and this is reflected in the current temperatures. Up to 38 degrees are expected in the west and the sun shines everywhere in Germany. The next few days have promised not to cool down.
Helicopter in the air
The Potsdam Home Office has set up a crisis team, spokesman Ingo Decker said. Lead but are located on the neighborhood. The peculiarity of the fire is that a village and a large motorway lined. It is therefore not comparable to recent fires on former military training areas, which are mostly remote.
Police also sent a helicopter in the air to give an overview to the emergency services. A column of high-visibility smoke was visible on the highway, as showed a police photo of the helicopter
The police video of the helicopter shows the picture. magnitude of the fire
In Brandenburg, forest fires threaten Fichtenwalde square. On Twitter, the Brandenburg police published images of the helicopter that document the destructive power of the flames.
Source: WELT / Christin Brauer
Firefighters stand on the A9 motorway near the intersection of Potsdam highway and try to Extinguish a forest fire
Source: dpa / Christian Pörschmann [19659033] According to the fire protection officer Raimund Engel, the fire was caused by an unknown cause on the Highway 9. Subsequently, it quickly spread to the west of downtown Beelitz. Initially, we talked about about 90 hectares of forest affected. It would be the biggest fire in a pine forest in Brandenburg this year.
For days now, the greatest danger of forest fires has prevailed in many parts of Brandenburg. We must also count on this great Friday with a very great danger, says Engel
Evacuation probably not necessary
A firefighter during the fight against fire
Source: dpa / Christian Pörschmann
Due to the persistent heat of mid-summer, forest and field fires have repeatedly hit Berlin and Brandenburg in recent times. On a former military training ground near Jüterbog (Teltow-Fläming district), a fire spread on Thursday to 25 hectares, according to the control center of firefighters. As the former practice site was contaminated with remains of ammunition, firefighters were unable to remove the site and the fire. Firefighters moisten the surrounding roads so that the flames do not spill.
At the beginning of the month, a major fire in Lieberoser Heide in southern Brandenburg caused a sensation
and spread rapidly
Source: dpa / Friedrich Bungert [19659038Coolingisnotinsightfornow:inBerlinandBrandenburgitshouldalsobehotonFridayinthemiddleofsummerTemperaturesintheregioncanclimbupto34degreesastheGermanweatherserviceannouncedonitswebsite
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