Hesse: forest fires near Hanau: arson not excluded

Hanau (dpa/lhe) - The fire brigade extinguished two forest fires near Hanau within one day. On Monday, around 2,500 square meters of forest between the Hanau district of Wolfgang and Rodenbach (Main-Kinzig district) initially burned, as a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday morning. Then there was another smaller fire. According to this, 200 square meters of forest were on fire in the area of ​​the Neuwirtshaus settlement in the Großauheim district of Haunau, not far from the A45 motorway. According to the current status of the investigation, arson cannot be ruled out as the cause.