READ ALSO: Road closures, deliveries suspended - ongoing disruption from French wildfiresDoes Germany face a high risk of wildfires? "In Central Europe, the risk of forest fires has changed along with the climate," forestry scientist Prof. Jürgen Bauhus from the University of Freiburg told German news magazine Quarks. Level 1 is a very low risk, while Level 5 means there is a very high risk of wildfires developing. As the DWD map below shows, parts of mainly south-western Germany faced a Level 4 high risk of fires spreading, with some areas seeing a very high risk. Map shows risk of wildfires on Thursday.