A filling plant for liquefied gas caught fire in Dresden.
There are always explosions and heavy smoke, wrote the Dresden fire brigade via Twitter.
According to eyewitnesses, black smoke moved out of town on Thursday morning.
The fire brigade asked residents to keep windows and doors closed and to turn off air conditioning.
The fire brigade announced that they had the fire in the Albertstadt district under control.
Dresden - The emergency call was received around 7 a.m.
dpa