Weather - Thunderstorms and gales trigger hundreds of firefighting operations
Thunderstorm and storm caused hundreds of interventions for the fire departments in Brandenburg on Saturday evening. The regional control rooms reported uprooted and uprooted trees. There have been no injured reported so far, it was said. Thunderstorm brought with it partial heavy rain and gusty winds in the evening after a hot Saturday afternoon.
"We had our hands full," said a spokesperson for the Nordost regional control room in Eberswalde, which recorded 120 weather-related interventions for several districts. Trees were uprooted onto parked cars and roofs were damaged. In the Landkreis Oberhavel alone, there were 70 interventions within two hours, with the Oranienburg area being particularly affected.
Heavy winds caused damage in southern Brandenburg, the fire departments had to be called out: 150 interventions took place in the districts of Dahme-Spreewald and Oberspreewald-Lausitz. Trees fell on cars and also on porches, it was reported from the regional control room in Cottbus.
Also in the districts of Havelland and Ostprignitz-Ruppin, numerous trees and branches could not withstand the wind. The regional control room in the northwest reported a total of 108 interventions. Of the 97 "typical thunderstorm interventions," the regional control room in Brandenburg an der Havel reported, which covers the city and the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark and Teltow-Flaming.
- The spokesperson from the Eberswalde-based Nordost regional control room, located in the city of Eberswalde in Brandenburg, mentioned they handled 120 weather-related interventions.
- The fire department in Cottbus, a city situated in the south of Brandenburg, was called due to heavy winds causing damage, specifically trees falling onto cars and porches.
- Despite the severe weather conditions in Eberswalde and surrounding districts like Cottbus, no injuries were reported, as stated by the control rooms.
