Roughly five square kilometres of moorland have been consumed by a fire on the Bundeswehr testing ground in Meppen, Lower Saxony after soldiers fired missiles from a helicopter. An army fire vehicle was supposed to immediately drive to the scene to quell the flames, but it malfunctioned. “Especially in period of extreme drought like we had this summer this type of thing can happen,” the army spokesperson said. But environmental groups have been left angered by what they see as a careless attitude on the part of the army. Environmental group NABU claim that the army should not be testing missiles during periods of drought.

Source: The Local September 18, 2018 11:26 UTC