Saxony-Anhalt: fire in the Börde district: forest burns on an area of ​​25 hectares

Calvörde (dpa/sa) - In the district of Börde, a stubble field and an adjacent piece of forest on an area of ​​around 25 hectares caught fire on Wednesday evening. Around 120 firefighters are on duty, as the district announced. According to initial findings, the fire was triggered by a defective straw press in a field near Calvörde. Due to the wind, the fire quickly spread to the forest, it said. As in some other regions of Saxony-Anhalt, the district currently has the highest forest fire warning level of 5.