Regional Forest Fire Risk in some Länder
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In the coming days, caution is needed in several federal states. Experts are looking for risk hotspots and make recommendations on the conversion of forests.
Due to the regional danger of forest fire in parts of Austria, Head of Department Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) emphasized on Wednesday the appropriate readiness of the federal army. They are prepared for "all eventualities". Already in mid-August there were more heat days in Austria with at least 30 degrees than usual throughout the year. Around 210 out of a total of 280 weather stations of Geosphere Austria measured on Wednesday a temperature of at lea…
Forest fire regulations were issued in areas in Burgenland, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Tyrol and Styria. Light fires and smoke are thus prohibited in the forests there.
Due to the current heat wave, the Ministry of Agriculture has warned about regional forest fire risk in a message. Although there has been more rainfall in the past few days and the drought is not too great, in some areas there is still a danger.

Fires are becoming a major problem in many parts of Europs
The Ministry of Agriculture warned on Wednesday of regional forest fire risk. Although there has recently been more rainfall, in some areas, such as Lower Austria, there is still danger – forest fire regulations have been issued.
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