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New Year's Eve rocket sets fire to undergrowth in Schwarzenberg

A prematurely fired New Year's Eve rocket has set fire to the undergrowth of a small wood in Schwarzenberg in the Ore Mountains. According to police reports on Saturday, the rocket was set off from an apartment building on Friday night. Remnants of it fell into a wooded area. A fire measuring...

A fire department vehicle arrives at the scene and is briefed by the fire chief. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A fire department vehicle arrives at the scene and is briefed by the fire chief. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Ore Mountains district - New Year's Eve rocket sets fire to undergrowth in Schwarzenberg

A prematurely fired New Year's Eve rocket has set fire to the undergrowth of a small wood in Schwarzenberg in the Ore Mountains. According to police reports on Saturday, the rocket was set off from an apartment building on Friday night. Remnants of it fell into a wooded area. A fire measuring around 25 square meters developed there. Volunteer fire departments from several villages arrived to fight the flames.

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The incident on New Year's Eve rocket caused significant damage, as it needed the intervention of multiple volunteer fire departments from nearby villages to extinguish the fire, which had spread to around 25 square meters in the undergrowth of Schwarzenberg, located in the Ore Mountains district of Saxony. Upon investigation, local Police discovered that the rocket had been prematurely set off from an apartment building on Friday night, with remnants falling into the nearby woods. Unfortunately, this incident has brought about concerns for the safety of the forest and the need for greater awareness during such celebrations to avoid such incidents in the future.

Source: www.stern.de

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