A fire broke out in the old tennis hall in Germering on Wednesday afternoon. The police have already expressed suspicions.
Young people may have set the fire, but the investigation is still ongoing. Police fire investigators are now on the site. But because of the bad weather, they had to cancel their mission, as a spokesman for the police explained. “There is clear evidence of deliberate arson, ” said the spokesman. The fire department is gone. Where there was a large tennis hall until the day before, there is now only charred rubble behind construction fences. There must be quite a lot of ash raining on the site. The power keeps going out. Fires are often not noticed at first when they are developing inside buildings. As soon as the flames eat through the outer skin, the fire suddenly gets oxygen and can then very quickly develop into a major fire. It is not yet entirely clear why the fire was able to spread so quickly, explains district fire chief Ric Unteutsch. Police are searching for three young people suspected of causing the fire. The old tennis hall has been completely destroyed. The halls on the site have been empty and unused for some time. It has long been known that young people meet in the halls/on the area, as evidenced by rubbish, empty bottles and cans, remains of fireworks, and old fire extinguishers in the two halls. The fire is still burning; several firefighters have been on duty for almost four hours. Progress on the B2 is still slow because of gawkers. The junction at Hagebaumarkt is also overloaded. The police are not ruling out arson. A police spokesman announced investigations into the cause of the fire will only be possible once the extinguishing work has been completed and there is no risk of collapse. This will not be possible until Thursday at the earliest.