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Vacant hotel burns in Hamburg

A vacant hotel building in Hamburg has caught fire. According to the police, the emergency services were called to the fire in the Harburg district late on Saturday evening. Part of the building caught fire for as yet unexplained reasons. The extinguishing work was difficult due to the location...

A blue light shines on the roof of a fire department vehicle. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A blue light shines on the roof of a fire department vehicle. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Fire department operation - Vacant hotel burns in Hamburg

A vacant hotel building in Hamburg has caught fire. According to the police, the emergency services were called to the fire in the Harburg district late on Saturday evening. Part of the building caught fire for as yet unexplained reasons. The extinguishing work was difficult due to the location of the building, as the incident commander told a dpa reporter at the scene. According to the incident commander, the operation is expected to continue until the early hours of the morning. Around 100 firefighters were on site.

Surrounding residents in Harburg-Eissendorf were initially asked to keep their windows and doors closed and to turn off ventilation systems due to the fumes from the fire. The warning was lifted early on Sunday morning. According to initial findings, no one was injured.

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The fire in the Harburg district of Hamburg was handled by the operational force of the city's fire department. The emergency services, including the police, were called to the scene due to the fire in the vacant hotel. The location of the building made the firefighting efforts challenging, and it was estimated that the operation would continue into the early hours of the morning.

Source: www.stern.de

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