A car dealership in Wolfratshausen caught fire early Wednesday morning.
The extinguishing work has already taken five hours.
The fire brigade advises residents: Close the window.
Wolfratshausen - In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday the sirens went: full alarm at 2.30 a.m. - because of smoke development on Geltinger Straße.
The local Volvo dealership was on fire.
Updated at 9:35 a.m
: Now there is initial information from the police.
In a press release, the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria summarizes what is known so far: around 2.30 a.m. a fire was reported in a car dealership in Wolfratshausen.
The fire quickly grew.
"It was possible to prevent the flames from spreading to surrounding buildings." The police speak of "very high property damage".
Officials from the Wolfratshausen Police Inspectorate and the Weilheim Criminal Investigation Service had already taken over the first police investigations on site while the fire was being extinguished.
"Further investigations will be carried out by fire investigators from department 1 and forensics officers from department 7 of KPI Weilheim," writes the police.
Update, 9.05 a.m .:
Fire investigators from the criminal police have arrived at the scene of the fire.
The building is checked with a drone from the fire brigade.
This could provide clues as to how the fire started and spread.
There are no reports of the cause yet.
Two injured in fire: A car dealership burns in the middle of the night - the operation can last for hours
Update, 8.52 a.m .:
Heavy equipment is used on the property of the car dealership that burned during the night.
A demolition excavator removes parts of the roof from the Volvo dealership.
There could still be embers slumbering underneath that the fire brigade has to get under control.
Some cars in the yard were driven away to make room.
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The tin roof of the car dealership is removed after the devastating fire - there could still be embers underneath.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Car dealership in full fire – the mayor speaks of difficult firefighting in the residential area
Update, Wednesday, 8.45 a.m .:
Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner is on site for a briefing.
He praises the fire brigades, who "have once again demonstrated their effectiveness".
Heilinglechner - he himself was an active firefighter for decades - knows that the location of the fire poses special risks.
On the one hand, because it is a car dealership “with paint, tires and acetylene bottles”.
In addition, the car dealership is directly adjacent to several residential buildings.
Heilinglechner thanks the many emergency services for the hours of extinguishing work.
He assumes that the follow-up work will take several hours.
After a fire in a car dealership: traffic on the B11 is flowing again – work is still going on on the property
Update, Wednesday, 8.30 a.m .:
The B11 is open to traffic again, Geltinger Straße remains closed to motorists.
Full fire in a car dealership in Wolfratshausen - fire brigade advises residents: window
Update, Wednesday, 7.45 a.m .:
The fire brigade draws a first conclusion on Wednesday morning.
"The fire resulted in a lot of smoke.
The car dealership and associated parts of the building were fully engulfed in flames," reports district fire brigade spokesman Stefan Kießkalt.
"Several vehicles were in the building at the time of the fire," and a tire store was also destroyed by the fire.
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As reported by the fire brigade, one person was slightly injured and transported to the clinic by the BRK.
In addition, a firefighter was injured during the work - "he was treated on site".
The fire department advises residents to keep windows and doors closed.
Fire in the Wolfratshausen car dealership: "After-extinguishing work will take time"
"Currently, the fire was brought under control thanks to a massive fire-fighting operation," says Kießkalt.
The post-extinguishing work will take some time.
A number of respiratory protection teams are and were in use.
Property damage cannot be quantified by the fire brigade.
Fire in Wolfratshausen: A car dealership burns in the middle of the night
First report, Wednesday: 7.30 a.m.:
The extinguishing work is still going on (as of 7.30 a.m.), Königsdorfer Straße, B11, is closed to traffic.
Our newspaper has not yet received any information from the police.
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A total of five fire brigades were involved in the extinguishing measures: the volunteers from Weidach, Wolfratshausen, Gelting, Egling and Geretsried were alerted.
The volunteers from the rescue service of the BRK and the police were also on duty.
(this text is continuously updated)
