epa10101871 Helicopters operate during a forest fire above the village of Schmilka, near Bad Schandau, Germany, 01 August 2022. For the ninth day, Czech firefighters have been battling a fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park on the Czech-German border and have managed to get the outbreak under control. Nearly 1.000 firefighters are on the scene, including dozens of specially trained climbers who are navigating the hard-to-reach terrain, according to a fire department spokesman. Helicopters and planes have been helping to control the fire all day. Helicopters from Germany had to withdraw to neighbouring Saxon Switzerland this afternoon, he added. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
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