Update Rhein-Sieg district On Friday evening, a second cloud of smoke moved over the Rhein-Sieg district. After the forest fire near Windeck, the emergency services also reported a forest fire near Haiger in Hesse.
Shortly before 9 p.m., the emergency services reported that a second cloud of smoke was moving from northern Hesse over the Rhein-Sieg district. After the forest fire in Windeck followed in the early evening, there was also a fire in a forest near Haiger in Hesse.
As the rescue control center of the Rhein-Sieg district reported when asked by the GA, the cloud of smoke from Hesse had moved over the Rhein-Sieg district at high altitudes, so that the impairments were not serious.
Nevertheless, the control center advised the population to close windows and doors as a precaution. She also announced that in the event of a burning smell, citizens should definitely call the emergency call center on 112.
