One person died in a fire in a refugee accommodation in the Winterhude district of Hamburg.
The fire brigade came with three fire engines and 75 rescuers.
Residents should keep doors and windows closed because of the heavy smoke.
One person died in a fire in a refugee accommodation in Hamburg on Monday.
"The forces have found a full fire on the upper floor of a container system here," said a fire department commander of the German Press Agency.
The firefighters immediately started extinguishing and rescue work in the refugee accommodation in the Winterhude district: "Squads wearing respiratory protection penetrated inside and unfortunately could only find a missing person lifeless with certain signs of death."
A police spokesman said in the evening that the identity of the dead was still unclear.
Fire investigators have started work.
A total of around ten containers were destroyed or damaged by the fire, said the fire department spokesman.
The background to the fire reported around 5:30 p.m. is completely unclear.
The fire brigade was at the scene of the fire with three fire engines and 75 emergency services.
Residents were asked via the Nina-Warnapp to keep windows and doors closed because of the heavy smoke development.
The warning was lifted just before 7 p.m.
The fire was out around 8:00 p.m. and clean-up work began.
According to the municipal operator Fördern und Wohnen, the container accommodation in the Hamburg-Nord district offers almost 500 places for refugees and homeless people.
The containers are close together and each consist of a ground floor and a first floor.
A spokeswoman for funding and housing told the "Hamburger Morgenpost" ("Mopo"): "We assume that a building housing the accommodation in Tessenowweg is now uninhabitable." Alternative accommodation is now being organized for ten residents.
dpa