700 People Evacuated Due to Forest Fire Near Berlin

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  • 19-06-2022, 23:16
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    The German authorities announced, on Sunday, the evacuation of nearly 700 people near Berlin due to a fire that extended over an area of about 100 hectares, while an exceptional heat wave hits the country and parts of Europe.

    A spokesman for the Potsdam region  told AFP that three neighborhoods were evacuated in the city of Treuenbritzen, located In Brandenburg, around the German capital.

    The fire, which broke out on Friday evening, according to local media, devoured about 100 hectares in this rural area in the vicinity of the municipality of Trewenbrietzen, where eight thousand people live.

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