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Again smaller fires in the restricted area in Berlin’s Grunewald
A clearing vehicle of the Berlin police drives along a path near the fire site at the Berlin police detonation site in Grunewald. photo
© Fabian Sommer/dpa
After the fire in Berlin’s Grunewald there is still no sign of relaxation. New embers and smaller fires are constantly being discovered around the blast site. But the ground temperature is going down.
The situation at the blast site in Berlin’s Grunewald remains tense. During a patrol on Tuesday night, smaller fires were again spotted on the edge of the restricted area, a spokesman for the fire brigade said in the morning. A small explosion was also heard. “It’s not really calm inside yet,” said the spokesman. Embers would flare up again and again.
The emergency services extinguished the fires from the edge of the restricted area. The A115 motorway (Avus) will remain closed for the time being. According to the fire brigade, the temperatures at the blasting site were below 60 degrees Celsius on Monday evening – the morning before, values of 140 degrees had been registered.
Temperatures will be checked again on Tuesday morning. If they stayed below 60 degrees permanently, it would be possible to reduce the lockdown, the spokesman said. Then an approval of the Avus is also possible.
According to the spokesman, the watering of the blasting site, where the police store tons of old grenades, ammunition and confiscated fireworks, continues to be “very complex and time-consuming”. The firefighters cannot enter the area, but are on duty with extinguishing robots and converted tanks.
According to previous knowledge, the fire broke out on Thursday night at the blast site. The cause is not yet known.