German firefighters end 11-day mission battling Serbian forest fire
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- Fifty-six German firefighters ended an 11-day deployment supporting Serbian crews against a large forest fire near Belgrade.
- Their work included fighting ground fires, controlling firebreaks, extinguishing remaining hotspots, protecting threatened areas and coordinating helicopter water drops.
- The team, part of an EU firefighting module, had already completed three other international deployments this year.
After 11 days in Serbia, German firefighters have completed a mission in the Deliblatska Pescara nature reserve east of Belgrade, where they helped local crews fight a large forest fire.
The deployment involved firefighters from Bonn, Düsseldorf, Leverkusen and Königswinter in North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as colleagues from Lower Saxony. Their tasks ranged from fighting ground fires and controlling firebreaks to extinguishing remaining hotspots and protecting threatened areas and structures.
Our forces fought forests burning at full intensity, searched for new fire sources with the help of drones and coordinated helicopter water drops with international forces.
Lower Saxony Interior Minister Daniela Behrens said the crews confronted forests burning at full intensity, used drones to search for new fire sources and coordinated helicopter water drops with international teams. She described the mission as another example of close European cooperation in disaster response.
The 56 firefighters belong to one of the European Union's designated firefighting modules. It was their fourth deployment this year, following operations in the Netherlands, Spain and Germany's Hürtgenwald.
This deployment is further evidence of the good and close cooperation in disaster protection at the European level. During their mission, they encountered the full range of vegetation-firefighting operations.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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