As of: January 22, 2024, 5:34 p.m
By: Felix Herz
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Despite severe damage, the “Pullman City” adventure park plans to offer its full program again in the spring.
However, the reconstruction will take until autumn.
Eging am See - Burnt remains of wood bear witness to the fire drama that took place on Sunday, January 21st.
Excavators are in use.
Experts with notepads and pens inspect the burned-out buildings.
Clean-up work began just one day after the devastating fire in the western town of “Pullman City” in Eging am See, northwest of Passau.
Despite the significant damage, the theme park plans to resume its full program in the spring.
“We assume that we will be able to start operations again at the end of March or mid-April,” said the park’s managing director, Claus Six, on Monday, January 22nd.
Events should take place - but the construction will take time
All planned events, including the US Car meeting with historic vehicles, the Karl May weekend and the Harley meeting, should take place as planned.
But: “Really rebuilding the entire city on this scale - that will be autumn,” says Six.
The damage caused amounts to a double-digit million amount.
After the fire in Pullman City, cleanup work begins.
The managing director is confident: “We have survived Corona - we will survive this too.” © picture alliance/dpa |
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The police were initially unable to determine the cause of the fire.
“The investigations are going in all directions,” said a spokeswoman for the Lower Bavaria police headquarters.
The Passau Criminal Police Inspectorate has started the investigation.
An inspection of the fire site took place and an expert from the State Criminal Police Office was called in.
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Devastating fire on Sunday – clean-up work is already underway
Firefighters battled the flames on Main Street for hours.
Several wooden buildings, including a steakhouse, a Mexican restaurant, the prison and the music hall, burned down.
By midday the fire was largely under control.
However, since it continued to flare up in some places, emergency services were also on site on Monday night.
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Now it's time to clear debris and ash, Six reported.
Among other things, work is underway to restore water and power supplies.
“We are currently cleaning up and looking forward,” said Six.
“I can’t bury my head in the sand.
We survived Corona - we will survive this too.”
Negotiations for reconstruction – employees become heroes
He is already in negotiations with companies for reconstruction.
Construction was already underway on the site.
“We were just expanding.” A zoo, a climbing park, playgrounds, a wellness area and around 40 employee apartments are to be built on a new, seven-hectare area.
“These plans are continuing in the same way,” emphasized Six.
Thanks to the employees, no one was injured in the fire.
According to Six, the fire broke out in the entrance area of the Music Hall.
Employees who arrived around 6 a.m. to prepare breakfast for overnight guests discovered the fire and responded immediately.
They woke up the approximately 180 overnight guests and brought them to safety.
“It is thanks to them that we have no injuries.” One employee was slightly injured during the first attempts to extinguish the fire, as was a firefighter.
Animals brought outside as a precaution – “Pullman City” has been an attraction since 1997
Dozens of animals, including donkeys, horses, goats and llamas, were brought outside as a precaution.
Some were able to return to their stables on Sunday evening.
Everyone pitched in.
“An absolute special compliment to the employees.”
The park, which attracts hundreds of thousands of cowboy fans annually, offers pony rides depending on the weather.
Children can visit a small animal enclosure and meet characters such as the Ice Princess, Snow White and Co.
According to Six, up to 500 permanent and freelance employees are employed in the park.
Pullman City opened in 1997.
Six has been managing director since the park's bankruptcy in 2011.
A similar park with the same name exists in the Harz Mountains.
Despite a friendly relationship, the businesses are separate, Six said.
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