On New Year's Eve, a supermarket in Berlin was ablaze.
The ceiling collapsed.
Fireworks appeared to have been stored in part of the market.
Berlin - In Berlin,
a
supermarket
burned down on
New Year's Eve
.
The approximately
800 square
meter area of the building in the Buckow district went up in flames and the roof collapsed, said a fire department spokesman.
Fireworks
appeared to have been
stored in
part of the market
, which
exploded
due to the
fire
and flew through the area.
Currently it is only possible to extinguish the flames from outside.
Major fire in Berlin - supermarket on fire
Update #Buckow
A food market of around 800 square meters is on fire all over the place.
We currently have around 100 employees on site.
Fire fighting is also carried out using 4 turntable ladders.
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- Berlin Fire Brigade (@Berliner_Fw) January 1, 2021
Major fire in a supermarket - fire brigade with 100 personnel in action
In addition, several
pressurized gas containers
from an attached shop had to be brought to safety.
According to initial findings, people are not in danger, it said.
Nobody got hurt.
The fire brigade was deployed with around 100 people.
Details were not known at first.
In the Prenzlauer Berg district, a ceiling collapsed in a house on Stargarder Strasse early on Friday morning.
As the Berlin fire brigade announced via Twitter, no one was injured.
The building supervision to assess the building statics was requested.
Several Bundeswehr all-terrain vehicles burned out in Leipzig.
The number of emergency services in Saxony was increased over New Year's Eve.
(dpa, ml)