Great vegetation fire in Celle: Fire brigade fights against the flames!

Great vegetation fire in Celle: Fire brigade fights against the flames!

On Friday afternoon, July 4, 2025, the Celle fire brigade was called to a larger vegetation fire in Altenceller Feld. Oldenburger Online Zeitung reports of a rapid spread of the fire on an area of around 60,000 to 80,000 square meters. Young trees and bushes were particularly affected, which made the extinguishing work more difficult.

The alarmed emergency services were on site around 3:22 p.m. and quickly saw themselves forced to increase the alarm level. Several additional forces were mobilized under the direction of the head of operations, including the south of the South Water Transport Towage. A total of around 60 firefighters were deployed, who intensively edited the fire site of three sides with a total of ten D tubes. The B3 between Altencelle and Westercelle had to be fully blocked during the measures to ensure the safety of the emergency services and passers -by.

efficient fire fighting

The coordinated fire fighting was expressly praised by city fire chief Uwe Wiechmann. He emphasizes the excellent organization and the use of the new water transport trains, which have proven to be extremely helpful in this situation. The post -extinguishing work dragged on until around 5:30 p.m., and despite the successful measures, the cause of the fire has so far remained in the dark.

But there are not only in Celle there are challenges when it comes to fires. Feuerwehr Celle indicates that the number of vegetation fires in Germany is steadily increasing. In 2023, the burned forest area was over 40% above the average since 1991. This development not only carries risks to the environment, but also for the emergency services who face numerous dangers in such operations.

risks for emergency services

A study by the DGUV shows that climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, such as heat waves, drastically increase the risk of vegetation fires. In recent years, the number of forest fires in Germany has passed the limit of 1,000. As a result of this increase, firefighters must expect increased exposure to potentially carcinogenic substances, especially while such challenging operations.

In order to counteract this risk, the right protective equipment is essential. The use of particle -filtering masks of the categories FFP2 and FFP3 is recommended to minimize health risks. In addition, studies are continuously carried out in order to better understand the exposure of emergency services in vegetation fires and to develop suitable prevention measures.

The use in Celle is an impressive example of how important fast reactions and well -trained emergency services are in such dangerous situations. The Celle fire brigade once again showed that it has a good knack for coping with such dramatic events.