Bakery in the Uckermark explodes

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Fire engine in Brandenburg

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There was a violent explosion in a bakery in Lychen in the Uckermark district, and one person was seriously injured.

The building in the city center was completely destroyed on Friday morning, there is only a mountain of rubble, said a spokesman for the Northeast regional control center.

Four neighboring houses had to be evacuated, according to the information.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known, a police spokeswoman said.

The injured person, whose age and gender have not yet been made public, was flown to a hospital in Berlin by helicopter.

Neighboring buildings are checked

The newspaper "BZ" reported, citing unspecified sources, that it could have been a gas explosion.

A bakery employee was the injured.

The work of the fire brigade and civil protection was still going on in the morning.

Tracker dogs should be looking for more people in the rubble.

The neighboring buildings would have to be checked to see if they were still habitable, it said.

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