Overview
- Brandenburg reports statewide warning level 3 with Dahme-Spreewald, Barnim, Elbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz now at level 4.
- Sachsenforst lists northern areas of Meißen and Bautzen at level 4 of 5, which denotes high danger.
- The weather service forecasts rain and some snow on Friday and projects a drop to level 1 across most of Saxony by Saturday.
- Brandenburg enforces a year-round ban on lighting fires or smoking in forests or within 50 meters of the forest edge.
- Officials say most fires start through human carelessness, so they have added camera monitoring in vulnerable regions and urge no smoking, grilling or parking on dry grass.