After almost a week, the blocking of the Autobahn 115 (Avus) in Berlin's Grunewald will be lifted on Wednesday evening.

According to the Berlin fire brigade, the operations management had decided to release the Avus and Havelchaussee from 6 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Berlin fire brigade said on Twitter.

However, the entrance and exit to and from Hüttenweg will remain closed in both directions.

Significant success was achieved in the extinguishing and cooling work.

The A115 is about 500 meters from the police blast site.

Since the fire broke out in Grunewald just under a week ago, the autobahn, which is important for Berlin, has been closed for around eleven kilometers between the Zehlendorf junction and the Funkturm autobahn triangle.

On the blasting site, where the police stored 30 tons of old grenades, World War II bombs, ammunition and confiscated fireworks, there was a violent fire last Thursday night.

The cause is not yet known.

Numerous explosions could be heard.

In the days that followed, isolated explosive devices went off.

Danger to body and life

Due to the danger to life and limb, emergency services have so far only been able to extinguish the area from a distance and cool it with water.

A firefighting tank and firefighting robot were used.

Since Tuesday, the two firefighting helicopters of the Federal Police have also been helping.

They take their water from the nearby Havel.

A third helicopter examines with the help of thermal imaging cameras what successes the whole thing brings on the ground.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz found out about fighting such fires in the neighboring state of Brandenburg, where several large forest fires have recently been raging.

At the same time, he thanked firefighters for their commitment.

"Without the commitment, without the commitment of many women and men, we will not be able to deal with such challenges," said the SPD politician on Wednesday after visiting the fire brigade technical center in Beelitz-Heilstätten - about 40 kilometers away from the blast site in Grunewald .

"Thank you, thank you for your commitment, for the courage, the willingness to invest your own time to be able to help in such an emergency and to do it well trained," he added to the emergency services.

“The forest fires were a great danger.

It is impressive to see how many women and men fought the fires and how quickly they responded.”