FRANKFURT: Firefighters and aircraft on Saturday ramped up efforts to tackle a massive forest fire in the mountains of central Germany that has reportedly forced the evacuation of hundreds of people.
Several blazes began in the Harz Mountains on Friday, and by the evening had joined together to form a huge forest fire.
Around 150 firefighters, planes and helicopters were deployed on the Brocken mountain and the surrounding area was closed off, according to authorities in the district of Harz. But it was still raging on Saturday, and a plane and helicopter were sent out again to support firefighters, they said. — AFP
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