A big fire broke out at a Lidl branch in Lower Saxony.
The fire posed great challenges for the emergency services.
In Aurich (Lower Saxony) there was a major fire at a Lidl branch.
The market has collapsed, the amount of damage is seven digits according to initial estimates.
The mission lasted eleven hours - and was not over afterwards.
Aurich - Terrible fire in Aurich (Lower Saxony): A fire broke out in a Lidl branch in the East Frisian city.
This happened in the morning of February 9th (Tuesday), according to the local police.
The emergency services were alerted around 6 a.m.
The fire spread to a full burn and caused the building to collapse.
Photos posted by the Aurich volunteer fire brigade on Facebook and Instagram * show that there isn't much left of the Lidl branch.
A large Lidl sign can also be seen on the floor.
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Lidl fire in Lower Saxony: damage in seven figures according to the first estimate
As early as Thursday noon, the first estimate, according to the police report, was that the damage was in the seven-digit range - more than a million.
"The police have started investigations into the cause of the fire," said the first message.
Fortunately, no one was injured, according to initial findings, as a police spokesman
said,
according to
Kreiszeitung.de *
.
Local residents were about
Katwarn alarmed and ordered to keep doors and windows closed.
The volunteer fire brigade in Aurich announced additional details on February 10 (Wednesday) in a report on their website.
Also about how complicated the mission turned out to be.
"The special construction of the roof structure, consisting of so-called nail plate trusses, promoted rapid fire progress and the rapid collapse of the roof," says the fire department.
"For this reason, the discounter found itself in a full fire just a few minutes after the first emergency services arrived, making it impossible to fight the fire inside the building."
Shortly after the alarm, the Aurich team had requested support from the Wallinghausen and Haxtum fire departments as well as an additional turntable ladder from the Wiesmoor fire department.
A drone was also used to discover embers and coordinate the extinguishing work.
Lidl fire in Lower Saxony: Not only cold makes use difficult
Not only the construction of the Lidl store presented difficulties for the emergency services.
“The use was made more difficult by the icy temperatures and the freezing water.
On the part of the building yard of the city of Aurich, personnel were immediately deployed to spread road salt over a large area, ”writes the fire brigade.
In action there were forces from the Aurich, Middels, Haxtum, Wallinghausen, Sandhorst, Tannenhausen, Wiesmoor and Wiesens fire brigades.
In addition, the DRK Aurich provided active support.
In addition to the police, there were also employees from the city, the district of Aurich, the energy supplier and a specialist company for the investigation and protection of surface drainage on site.
Lidl fire in Lower Saxony: emergency services receive a wave of gratitude
It is remarkable how the people on site helped together: The fire fighters from Aurich thank one company for catering, and several others, because they made their premises and sanitary facilities available.
The local emergency services are sure to be held in high regard by the population.
“A huge thank you to everyone who was on the job, you are the best,” writes a Facebook user.
Another commented: “You are our heroes!
With wet, frozen clothes, voluntarily and without pay, get up when others are still comfortable in their beds, and then off to work ... "
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According to the official reports, around 120 emergency services were involved - the Aurich firefighters were there the longest: About eleven (!) Hours after the alarm, the local firefighters were only able to leave the fire site after the final follow-up work.
Unfortunately, some had to return several times: As the Aurich fire brigade notes on their homepage, there were two more deployments at the burned Lidl market on Thursday because pockets of embers had to be extinguished.
A fire with major consequences also recently broke out in Bavaria.
* tz.de and Kreiszeitung.de are part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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