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Hazardous harvest at high temperatures: Several fires destroyed and damaged overheated farm vehicles at the weekend in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As a result of the summer heat, the arable land also caught fire. The material damage has reached a height of six digits.
Round baler and tractor burnt at Alt Rehse
At harvest work near Alt Rehse (Mecklenburg district district) a burnt tractor, a round baler and 15 hectares of wheat. According to police, the round baler coupled to the tractor had caught fire on Friday afternoon due to a technical fault. The fire spread very quickly and ignited the tractor and the cornfield. The fire department had cleared the fire quickly. The damage was estimated at 130 000 euros
On Saturday evening, a combine harvester was burned in Dambeck in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ; Property damage: about 50,000 euros. Apparently, the gearbox of the machine caught fire
The straw is caught on fire, the tractor is spared
A field between Mollenstorf and Ave near Penzlin (Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district) probably landed on Saturday afternoon due to a technical fault, a round baler on fire, which was coupled to a tractor. The tractor could be left on time, while the straw press burned completely. The fire spread to the harvested stubble field and spread to about ten hectares. The material damage was estimated at 45,000 euros
In Röbel in the same district a combine harvester was burned Saturday. The fire department was able to prevent a total loss, but the property damage is 40,000 euros. Presumably, by falling stones in the threshing drum, sparks were formed, which ignited the mowed grain. The fire spread to the Stoppelacker, where an area of 10 meters by 20 was burned
A fire broke out on a straw between Parchim and Crivitz which it's also propagated to the partially harvested field. The damage was reported by the police with about 40 000 €
In Karow in Plau am See (Ludwigslust-Parchim district) burned early Saturday night, a straw, four hectares of thatch and about 50 straw bales. Here, the damage amounts to about 12,000 euros.
In Wendisch Priborn (Ludwigslust Parchim District) police officers discovered a wheel loader with a patrol. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire quickly. There was material damage of about 10,000 euros.
dpa / kha
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