31.07.2022, Brandenburg, Klaistow: Eine Tafel vor einem Waldstück weist auf die höchste Waldbrandwarnstufe fünf hin. In Brandenburg hat es jüngst auf einer Fläche von insgesamt 400 Hektar gebrannt - umgerechnet sind das etwa 600 Fußballfelder. Foto: Fabian Sommer/dpa/ZB - Honorarfrei nur für Bezieher des Dienstes ZB-Funkregio Ost +++ ZB-FUNKREGIO OST +++

In Großräschen (district Oberspreewald-Lausitz) a 1500 square meter forest burned on Monday evening.

As a spokesman for the fire brigade announced on Tuesday, the emergency services were able to bring the fire under control within a very short time, so that the extinguishing work was completed after two hours.

A fire watch was no longer necessary, the spokesman said.

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