The forest fire on the Brocken in the Harz National Park is under control and the situation is visibly easing.
A spokeswoman for the city of Wernigerode said early on Saturday afternoon that the last embers would be cleared manually.
The chief of operations of the fire brigade had previously said that there were fewer and fewer places where smoke was rising.
The danger for the emergency services has been averted.
The day before, the firefighters were partly unable to enter the fire area because the danger of falling tree tops and branches was too great.
The topography also made extinguishing work difficult.
However, the operations manager was confident that the fire could be completely extinguished on Saturday.
A Bundeswehr helicopter also supported the extinguishing work on Saturday – but only for about three hours.
During the local assessment of the situation, it was determined that the further use of the helicopter was no longer necessary, said a spokesman for the Bundeswehr.
This means that the mission has been successfully completed, according to the Saxony-Anhalt state command.
The major fire broke out on Thursday near the Schierke district of Wernigerode.
According to the city of Wernigerode, there was a fire on an area of 13 hectares.
Since then, hundreds of firefighters have been fighting the fire in summer temperatures.
people were not injured.
According to the city of Wernigerode, the situation on the Brocken was already well controllable on Saturday morning.
There was talk of isolated embers and smoldering trees.
The western side of the fire in the direction of Schierke had already been extinguished.
Embers were still identified on the eastern side, it said.
The road closures have since been lifted.
Between 100 and 150 firefighters were on site around the shift change to relieve the emergency services in the early afternoon.
"We'll drive down again," said the operations manager.
A fire safety watch is to be set up at night.