A new fire station in Germany burned down due to lack of alarms, he writes Guard.
The new fire station, worth tens of millions of euros, which opened less than a year ago, was completely destroyed by fire. Experts stated that the fire broke out in one of the vehicles, and then the flames surrounded the entire building. Moreover, since there was no alarm at the station, they started to extinguish the fire immediately, which wasted a lot of time.
Approximately 170 firefighters, including local volunteers, responded to the fire, which reached 10 meters high. Despite the loss of 10 fire trucks, no one was injured. District Inspector Lars Schäfer described the incident as “a firefighter’s nightmare”.
Damage from the fire is estimated at 20-24 million Euros. Although the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, initial findings indicate that the charger in the vehicle overheated.
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