More than 326 hectares are now burning near Jüterbog in Brandenburg. Firefighters are using water from numerous wells and a large fire pond.
The risk of forest fires is also increasing in Saxony. In the Czech Republic, a forest fire near Bublava in the border area with Saxony has been finally extinguished after one day. The fire on the Königsberg near Schierke inSaxony-Anhalt has also been extinguished, according to the authorities.