Saxony: Kretschmer cancels vacation because of forest fires in Saxony

Dresden (dpa/sn) - Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is canceling his vacation because of the forest fires in the Free State and wants to return to Dresden on Friday. As government spokesman Ralph Schreiber announced, Kretschmer would like to travel to Saxon Switzerland, which was affected by a devastating forest fire, with Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) late in the afternoon in order to get an idea of ​​the extent of the fire on site. The fire brigade and civil protection workers have been held in suspense by a fire in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains for days. A second rages on the Saxon-Brandenburg state border.