Bavaria: Several fire brigades extinguish surface and forest fires

Elfershausen (dpa / lby) - A wildfire and forest fire occupied numerous emergency services in Elfershausen in Lower Franconia on Thursday afternoon. A spokesman for the integrated control center said ten fire brigades and the Bundeswehr fire brigade at the Hammelburg military training area were on fire in the Bad Kissingen district. Initial estimates by the firefighters on site assumed a fire around 600 meters wide. The cause of the fire was initially unclear.