North Rhine-Westphalia: forest fire in Sauerland: extinguishing work continues

Sundern (dpa / lnw) - near Sundern in the Sauerland, the extinguishing work continued one day after a forest fire broke out. There are always glowing nests, as a police spokesman announced on Wednesday. Around 400 emergency services were already on site. The fire broke out in a mixed forest on Tuesday morning. In total, an area of ​​more than 30,000 square meters burned, it said. That's roughly the size of four soccer fields. It was initially unclear how the fire started.