Great fire in the Harz: Fire brigade fights against flames - onlookers interfere!

Great fire in the Harz: Fire brigade fights against flames - onlookers interfere!

On Sunday evening, a forest fire broke out in the Harz Harz near Goslar and still employs the fire brigade. The fire was reported around 6 p.m. and since then hundreds of emergency services have been fighting the flames that quickly spread through wind gusts. Despite the nightly cooling, the heat remains high in the ground and thus represents a significant challenge for the extinguishing work. The NDR that the fire brigade continues to progress, but the major fire continues to be deleted completely is.

In the meantime, over 300 firefighters are on duty, with the number reduced to Monday on the night. The extinguishing actions are to be reinforced again on Tuesday. "We hope to control the fire on Tuesday," said fire department spokesman Michael Langlotz recently. The fire surface has increased from originally 3 to up to 8 hectares, and to support the extinguishing measures, the fire brigade is used by the fire brigade and a fire -fighting aircraft. However, the planes could only take off irregularly because the wind makes the inserts more difficult.

obstacles to the extinguishing work

The numerous onlookers who stand in the way of the fire brigade team are a major problem. These not only hinder the work, but also block some access routes and follow fire engines into the forest, which also complicated the situation. For this reason, the city of Goslar has issued a warning message from the "Nina" app, which provides that entering the forest area concerned, especially around the Königsberg, Nordberg and Steinberg, is prohibited. The risk of life is threatened by poisonous flue gases and the heat that is released when using extinguishing water, so the Statista They are on the rise in Germany, last but not least, a consequence of increasing dryness due to climate change. In 2022, over 3,000 hectares of forest area were endangered by fire alone, and in 2023 Germany was also affected by more than 1,200 hectares of destruction.

The next few days will be decisive. The fire brigade is in use to control the fire as quickly as possible, while the residents and visitors are asked to keep distance and avoid the endangered areas. We stay tuned and report on all further developments in the case of this devastating forest fire in the Harz