Forest fire in Gohrischheide escalated: evacuations continue!

Forest fire in Gohrischheide escalated: evacuations continue!

in Gohrischheide, a former military training area in the Meißen district, the efforts to combat an extensive forest fire are ongoing. The emergency services have been on site since Tuesday to extinguish the flames that quickly spread towards Brandenburg. Around 600 firefighters and helpers are currently on duty, supported by fire -fighting helicopters from the Bundeswehr and the Federal Police as well as water cannons by the police. This commitment, which has been running for three days, has already forced dozens of residents to evacuate, whereby the situation in the region is further exhilarating. According to radiiodesden.de, the operating sections are particularly affected by Jacobsthal and Heidehäuser, since the fire continues to spread due to dry vegetation and light windswinds. The location of Heidehäuser is particularly explosive, where around 100 people, including around 45 residents of a home for severely disabled people, had to be evacuated on Wednesday evening. As an additional precaution, the authority also calls for the evacuation of the Lichtenensee residents, but they were able to receive all -clear shortly before midnight. "There is something" - so you could apologize for the critical situation. For the residents of Jacobsthal Bahnhof, too, there was a prompt need for action on Friday evening, so that people were also evacuated here. With a fire expansion of at least 600 hectares, it can be seen that the flames are a huge threat. The ozone layer is already being stressed by smoke to Berlin, and Warnapp Nina has warned the people in the neighboring Brandenburg circles of smoke and odor nuisance, as [mz.de] (https://www.mz.de/panorama/waldbrand-in-gohrischheide reports.

evacuations and citizen phone

The evacuations continue to continue, and the district office has set up a citizens' phone that can be reached on 03521 725-7251 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Residents and those affected are asked to take only the most necessary, in particular IDs and cash. It is also pointed out to make donations to the municipality of Zeithain to support those affected by the fires.

The fire expansion is not only a locally limited phenomenon, but also underlines an increasing problem that affects Germany in recent years. In 2023, over 1,200 hectares of forest area were destroyed by fires in Germany, while this number was over 3,000 hectares in the previous year - the highest value in the past 30 years. Study on forest fires show that these are favored by the climate crisis. The problems arise from such fire can not only result in ecological destruction; They also represent a threat to human lives and habitats, such as the surveys of statista.com.

A spokesman for fire protection in Brandenburg, Raimund Engel, reported from an escalation of the fire and warned of the danger that the detonating ammunition of the former military training area assumes. The difficult accessibility of the site also makes the extinguishing work significantly more difficult. In addition, two firefighters from Brandenburg have already suffered severe burns while they were in use.

Overall, the situation remains tense. The emergency services are prepared for everything to contain the flames and prevent further damage. It is once more evident how important a well -organized fire brigade and the critical awareness of the population are in such situations.