Despite light rain, there is still no relief in sight from the forest fires in the Saxon Switzerland National Park. "It's not enough," said the spokesman for the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district, Thomas Kunz, on Saturday morning. On Friday evening, new fires were discovered and fought in the area of the so-called Partschenhörner on the Czech border. Reconnaissance flights should clarify on Saturday morning whether the mission was successful.
According to Kunz, around 350 emergency services were out on Saturday morning to fight the fires. Two more helicopters were expected to extinguish the fire during the day, so that ten machines would then be in use.
The fire broke out in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park in the Czech Republic last weekend and spread to the Saxon Switzerland National Park on Monday. Disaster alert applies in Bad Schandau and in Sebnitz.
An evaluation of satellite data showed that around 150 hectares were affected by the forest fire. So far, the authorities had assumed that the fire had spread over an area of 250 hectares.
