After forest fire: Merz in forest fire area: "That's climate change"
After his summer vacation, the Chancellor is visiting the Hürtgenwald forest fire area. The fire there has been extinguished since Thursday.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has attributed a recent forest fire in Hürtgenwald, Eifel, to climate change. The fire, which has since been extinguished, burned an area of 300-400 hectares of forest and led to the evacuation of 1,800 residents from the Gey district. Merz, who visited the affected area, thanked emergency responders and emphasized the need for preparedness and cooperation between federal, state, and local authorities to address the impacts of climate change.
The Chancellor announced that the government will evaluate the response to the fire and discuss ways to improve preparedness for future large-scale disasters.
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