Firefighters, planes tackle blaze in German mountains

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Sept 7, 2024

Hundreds of firefighters backed by aeroplanes and helicopters on Saturday battled a massive forest fire in the mountains of central Germany for a second day. The blaze began in the Harz Mountains a day earlier, and prompted the evacuation of about 500 hikers and other tourists from the area. About 250 firefighters were deployed on Saturday to fight the blaze, a spokesman for the distri