Alarm in the night: At around 2:10 a.m., a fire breaks out in an empty station house in Eschenlohe.
The mission is running - and is anything but easy.
Eschenlohe
- Fire brigades from all over the district have been extinguishing a fire
station guard's house
in
Eschenlohe
since the early morning hours
.
According to initial information from the scene, the extinguishing work was difficult because of the freezing cold.
Eschenlohe: Fire in freezing cold - extinguishing water freezes during use
The extinguishing water covered the adjacent street with a
layer of ice.
Among other things, the
Murnau, Oberau, Eschenlohe fire brigades and the district fire department
were and are
in action.
Several fire extinguishing lines were laid to get the fire under control.
The lines are also above the tracks.
The railway line is closed.
According to initial information, the house is uninhabited.
Nobody got hurt.
The police currently estimate the damage at several thousand euros.
Fire in Eschenlohe: railway line closed - use continues
The press release of the Upper Bavaria South Police:
“Early Thursday morning, November 26th, 2020, an empty station house on Höllensteinstrasse caught fire.
The resulting damage is estimated at several thousand euros.
The criminal police in Weilheim took over the first investigations on site.
On Thursday at around 2:10 a.m., a burning station guard's house in Höllensteinstrasse in Eschenlohe was reported via the emergency call of the integrated control center.
The difficult extinguishing work by the numerous emergency services of the regional fire brigades is still ongoing.
The damage to the building is estimated at several thousand euros.
The long-term criminal service of the criminal investigation department in Weilheim took over the investigation of the exact cause of the fire on site. "
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