North Rhine-Westphalia: Several thousand straw bales in Hopsten on fire

Hopsten (dpa / lnw) - Several thousand straw bales caught fire in Hopsten (Steinfurt district) on Tuesday evening. More than a hundred firefighters were on duty to extinguish the flames, the police said on Wednesday night. The emergency services were able to prevent the fire from spreading to an adjacent forest area. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire and how long the extinguishing work would last was not yet clear.