Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfires in Czech Rep.

Описание: (26 Jul 2022)
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Near Hrensko - 26 July 2022
1. Various of fire, smoke in valley
2. Pan from fire fighting vehicle to hillside on fire
3. Close of fire burning trees
4. Zoom of fire burning to fire fighting vehicle driving by
5. Driving shot of burnt out forest
6. Various of burnt homes
7. Various of firefighters putting out fire
8. Smouldering trees
9. Helicopter collecting water from river
10. Helicopter dousing flames on hillside
STORYLINE:
Firefighters from several countries have joined forces to battle a fire in a national park in the northern Czech Republic that has spread to the state of Saxony in neighbouring Germany.
The fire in the Bohemian Switzerland park broke out on Sunday and was mostly contained before windy weather caused it to spread again on Monday afternoon and overnight.
Despite their efforts, firefighters said the fire had spread from 30 hectares earlier Tuesday to 1,000 hectares.
No injuries have been reported, but around 100 people had to be evacuated Tuesday evening from the Czech town of Vysoka Lipa.
Earlier, some 80 people have been evacuated from the border town of Hrensko, and more from the village of Mezna, where the flames have destroyed or damaged several homes, firefighters' spokesman Lukas Marvan said.
Dozens of German children were evacuated from a summer camp on the Czech side of the border and transported back to Germany.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Interior Minister Vit Rakusan were visiting the area on Tuesday.
Rakusan said some 400 firefighters have been in action and the blaze was not under control by midday Tuesday.
"The situation is very serious,” Rakusan said adding that several neighbouring countries had responded to the Czech Republic's call for help to extinguish the fire.
Poland and Slovakia said they were sending helicopters while Italy offered special Canadair planes designed for firefighting.
The German military announced it would send four helicopters to the border region to help fight the flames, dpa reported.
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute said the smoke has spread 100 or more kilometres (60 miles or more) from the fire.
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