Stormchaos in Burg: Fire brigade fights against fallen trees!

Stormchaos in Burg: Fire brigade fights against fallen trees!

Burg, Jerichower Land, Deutschland - A violent storm capped the city of Burg in Jerichower Land on Monday, June 23, 2025. The local fire brigade was not only challenged, it was also well busy, because the missions literally lined up. There were a total of four missions within 21 hours, which is a clear sign of the storm's force.

around 9:20 a.m. the fire brigade was alerted to an unclear smoke development. On site it turned out that a tree had been in flames. Thanks to the rapid reaction of the emergency services, the fire could be deleted quickly. But that's not all: in the afternoon, another tree fell over in Wilhelm-Kuhr-Straße and blocked the way. This second alarm quickly followed: a fallen tree on a country road to Grabow also required the fire brigade. This was where chainsaws were used to crush the trees and make the streets accessible again quickly.

frequent missions in the whole country

The operations of the fire brigade Burg are not an isolated case. The emergency services were also heavily challenged in other German cities. The fire brigade in Hamburg had to extinguish a burning warehouse. The fire brigade is not only active for fires, but also in the case of door openings and the rescue of humans and animals, as [TAG24] (https://www.tag24.de/thema/feuerwehr operation).

The situation is tense nationwide. The storm low "Zoltan" has already provided numerous missions in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. In Bochum, trees fell into houses and cars and in Düsseldorf there were about 40 missions of the emergency services, all of which were related to the heavy weather conditions. Even trains were not spared from the effects of the storm-delays and failures in long-distance and regional transport are, according to [Deutschlandfunk] (https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ Number of Feuerwehreinsaetze-in-deutschland-100.html).

The fire brigade Burg has shown with operations number 113 and 114 this year that it has a good knack even in the most adverse conditions and can keep the dangers under control. Even if the challenges are great, the willingness of the firefighters remains unbroken. Stay safe and note the warnings of the weather services!