Fire - Furniture store burns in Bad Hersfeld
A furniture store is on fire in Bad Hersfeld. According to the police, the flames were extinguished by the arrival of the emergency services early in the morning, but the furniture store was already fully engulfed in flames a short time later. The duration of the firefighting efforts was initially unclear. A police spokesperson estimated in the morning that it would take at least several hours. It might last until Tuesday before all hotspots are extinguished.
The fire investigators of the police were on site on Monday, the extent of the damage and the cause of the fire still had to be determined. The nearby federal highway 27 was fully blocked for trucks, causing traffic jams.
A large smoke cloud had formed during the fire, which reportedly moved in the direction of the Sorga district. The police advised residents there and at the fire site to close windows and doors for safety reasons.
The fire department from EAST HESSIA was the operational force that initially responded to the inferno at the furniture store in Bad Hersfeld. The fire in the furniture store was not isolated to the store itself, as it also spread to adjacent buildings, threatening the safety of the Fire department's efforts. The operational force from the Fire department in Hesse worked tirelessly to contain the blaze, as the Police warned nearby residents in Sorga district to secure their homes due to the smoke's direction.
