What a start to the season!
The early birds did it. Elmar Fischer and Reinhard Schramme struck in the first few days. Here is Elmar's report:
Field fires, unfortunately every year
In January and February there has been good rain. Because of that a lot of grass has grown. Now the grass is "straw dry" and burns very easily and yeasty.
Our employees are prepared for this and as part of the neighborhood assistance, every fire in a 30km radius is extinguished by all farmers together. On the car there is a pump with a small water barrel and in the second vehicle more water is brought in.
At night you can see especially well how fierce the fires are.
