Waldbrand in Stutensee: Fire brigade fights against flames and clouds of smoke

Waldbrand in Stutensee: Fire brigade fights against flames and clouds of smoke

Last Saturday afternoon, more precisely at 3:30 p.m., broke out in Stutensee, in the district of Karlsruhe, a forest fire of a considerable extent. A massive cloud of smoke developed on site, which was even visible from a nearby shopping center. Passers -by noticed the fire and informed the fire brigade, which came with around 100 emergency services to combat disaster. In the affected afforestation area, which is around 1,000 square meters in size, the flames had already penetrated a few meters behind the fence when the fire brigade arrived. Thanks to the rapid action of the emergency services, the spread of the fire could be stopped, but the affected area continued to grow to an estimated 1,500 square meters, which resulted in considerable damage from estimated 15,000 to 20,000 euros, such as [SWR] (https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/waldbrand-be-stutensee-Feuerwehr Einze-nach-Rauch-100.html) reported.

The alarm and the subsequent large -scale operation of the fire brigade lasted until around 7:30 p.m. Despite the dramatic situation, there was no danger to the residents, since the most affected localities were at least 400 meters away. A police helicopter was also in use to search the area from the air for other flocks of fire and to ensure that the fire did not spread further. The causes of the fire are still unclear and are currently being determined.

forest fire risk in the region

The state of the weather was considered one of the main causes for the fire. On Sunday, according to the predictions of the German Weather Service (DWD), the heat wave should reach its peak with temperatures up to 37 degrees. While the middle forest fire war 3 was applied on Saturday, the second highest warning level was forecast for Sunday. Such extreme conditions have led to an increase in forest fires in the past few years, especially in the dry years 2018 and 2019, such as BNN.

The forest fire threats in Germany are influenced by various factors, including precipitation rate, wind speed as well as temperature and humidity. Forest fires can be driven to serious, especially in regions with high drought such as Brandenburg. In the years with extreme weather conditions, the numbers of the forest fires rose drastically. In the past few years, the forest fire hazard index evaluated drastic increases, which were caused by the highest level of fuel in connection with unfavorable weather conditions, as [https://www.umweltbundamt.de/monitoring-zur-das/handlungsfelder/wald-und-i-i-8/indicator) emphasized.