Wildfire on German-Czech border threatens tourist area

A German Federal Police helicopter battles wildfires in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, near Schmilka, Germany (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

A large wildfire on the German-Czech border is spreading and threatening to destroy a forested national park popular with tourists.

The fire in the region called Bohemian Switzerland on the Czech side and the Saxon Switzerland National Park on the German side, which started at the weekend, had seemed to be under control but spread again early on Thursday, German news agency dpa reported.