Unexploded Munitions Hamper Fight Against Wildfire in North Germany
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Owing to the explosion of old munitions, rescuers cannot reach the main fire point and control the flame only from a safe distance.
Old ammunition in the ground of the former military training area in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is preventing the fire brigade from extinguishing the fire.
The first large forest fire in a national park in the north-east of the country, navigation restrictions on the Rhine due to the low water level. In mid-July, Germany faces the consequences of the summer heat.
For days, forces have been fighting the big fire in the Müritz National Park. They are also prevented by old ammunition, which regularly detonates. They are now also supposed to help technical equipment from all over Germany.
There is a fire in the Müritz National Park, and sometimes there is also a flash - a reminder of the danger that exists on the site.The danger of old ammunition in the big fire in the Müritz National Park is clearly audible: "It explodes relatively much ammunition," said a spokesman of the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district of the German Press Agency. "In fact, the comrades hear this when they are not standing by a pump at the moment. "This is…
The forest fire in the Müritz National Park in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has spread further.
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